If Darren Until nonetheless desires to battle in January, he has no scarcity of volunteers.
Following the information that Tommy Fury pulled out of a boxing match with Until scheduled for Jan. 18, fighters Billy Joe Saunders, Aaron Chalmers, and Anthony Taylor have all thrown their hat into the ring to face Until as an alternative. Fury claimed that Until’s refusal to abide by boxing guidelines and threaten with “kicking and different silly MMA ways” triggered him to move on dealing with the previous UFC star.
That’s clearly not a problem for Chalmers, a former actuality tv star who has competed throughout a number of disciplines, together with MMA. In a put up to Instagram, Chalmers wrote, “Very happy to take this battle since [Fury] shit himself.”
In a video, Chalmers claimed he was initially in negotiations to battle Until in December earlier than Fury booked the battle as an alternative. The onetime Bellator competitor went so far as to welcome Until mixing the martial arts ought to they meet within the boxing ring.
“I’m recreation to battle Darren in December, January, February, so I’ll fortunately step in and take Tommy Fury’s purse and battle Darren Until,” Chalmers stated in an accompanying video. “He can fortunately throw head kicks at me as a result of he’ll get one straight again. No hazard in anyway, so there you go.”
Chalmers’ most up-to-date battle came about within the Misfits Boxing ring in September 2023, when he misplaced by third-round TKO (nook stoppage) to Idris Virgo.
Saunder is coming off of his first-ever loss, an eighth-round stoppage loss to Canelo Alvarez in Might 2021 that noticed Saunders undergo severe injury to his eye socket. He hasn’t fought since, however sounds desirous to return to battle Until.
“Make a proposal I’ll step in,” Saunders wrote in an Instagram Story. “Outdated fats gypsy boy will take this over from right here.”
Previous to his loss to Canelo, Saunders was 30-0 in his professional profession.
Maybe the least stunning callout got here from Misfits Boxing mild heavyweight champion Anthony Taylor. The previous MMA fighter is thought for calling out everybody in sight and he has Until on his checklist, in line with a remark he made on social media.
“Anthony Taylor vs. Darren Until,” Taylor wrote. “Principal occasion, ebook it [Misfits Boxing].”
Misfits Boxing officers have made no announcement as as to whether an try might be made to maintain Until on the cardboard or if he might be rescheduled for an additional date.
