{"id":948832,"date":"2026-10-28T02:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948832\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T02:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T02:04:09","slug":"jake-paul-in-talks-to-fight-ex-ufc-star-darren-till-in-boxing-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948832\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul in talks to fight ex-UFC star Darren Till in boxing return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Darren
\nTill<\/a> has emerged as a potential opponent for Jake Paul<\/a>,
\nwith
\nMost Valuable Promotions<\/a> co-founder Nakisa Bidarian confirming
\nthat discussions are underway for a possible boxing match.<\/p>\n

Till was among several names Paul identified as potential opponents
\nafter announcing his return to boxing earlier this month. Bidarian
\ntold The Sun that the former
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> welterweight is one of the
\ncandidates being considered, although no agreement has been
\nfinalized.<\/p>\n

MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian confirms Darren Till discussions
\nas Jake Paul’s next fight date remains uncertain
\n
\n\u201cDarren \u00a0Till is definitely one of the names that Jake put out
\nthere on his list,\u201d Bidarian said. \u201cHe\u2019s definitely one of the
\nnames that we\u2019ve been speaking to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bidarian explained that the timing of Paul\u2019s return would depend on
\nhow quickly his team could finalize an opponent and arrange
\ndistribution for the event. If negotiations take several more
\nweeks, he said, the fight would likely be pushed into early
\n2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if it takes us another three, four, five weeks to figure this
\nout, there\u2019s no fighting this year. It\u2019s probably early next year.
\nIf we figure it out in the next 24 hours, we\u2019ll hopefully get a
\nfight in this year. But I can\u2019t tell you today if it\u2019s one or the
\nother. But we\u2019re trying our best to get it done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Paul has not competed since suffering a sixth-round knockout loss
\nto Anthony
\nJoshua<\/a> in December 2025. Paul broke his jaw in the defeat and
\nunderwent surgery, followed by another procedure in February.
\nBidarian announced earlier this month that Paul had been medically
\ncleared to return to the ring.<\/p>\n

Till has continued competing outside the UFC since being released
\nfrom the promotion in 2023. The Liverpool native won three
\nconsecutive boxing matches under the Misfits banner, including a
\nvictory over former UFC champion Luke
\nRockhold<\/a>, before signing a multi-fight deal with Bare Knuckle
\nFighting Championship in April. He most recently defeated Yoel Romero<\/a>
\nby unanimous decision at BKFC 94 in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darren Till has emerged as a potential opponent for Jake Paul, with Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[1331,703,49,48,44,82],"class_list":["post-948832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}