Luke Rockhold has insisted that his fight with Darren Till is the ‘perfect way’ to get his boxing career underway.Rockhold makes his professional boxing debut against Till in the main event of Misfits 22 on Saturday at Manchester’s AO Arena.Rockhold boxes Till in the main event of Misfits 22 on SaturdayGettyThe former UFC middleweight champion tried his hand at BKFC bare-knuckle boxing and Karate Combat following his departure from Dana White‘s promotion in 2022.Now, the 40-year-old Californian is ready to strap up the leather gloves for a huge clash with fellow ex-UFC fighter Till on Saturday night.Speaking to talkSPORT.com, Rockhold revealed that he is viewing his fight with Till as a stepping stone to bigger and better things inside the squared circle. “Darren’s a decent boxer. He has fun,” Rockhold said, previewing his headline clash at Misfits’ ‘Ring of Thrones’ card, which also features the debut of MMA veteran Tony Ferguson and reality TV star Joey Essex.“I’ve always wanted to box. [Till] is a good dance… I’m looking forward to the dance and the test for sure.“Darren’s a perfect way to get my feet warm, put them down and move on.”Rockhold’s comments would imply the former UFC star has plans for a long spell in the sport.“I have plans to better myself and to get better at boxing,” he responded when asked about his future at Misfits.“Boxing is like, it’s my last art of fighting that I haven’t really perfected. “I’m enjoying the process of perfecting art as I always have in life. I like to perfect things.Rockhold competed in the UFC for nine years and won the middleweight title by knocking out Chris Weidman at UFC 194GettyHe told talkSPORT.com that his fight with Till will help him perfect the art of boxingGetty“I think with boxing, there’s been some holes in my game and I’m looking forward to cleaning those up and being a little more dangerous.”Having been crowned a middleweight champion at Strikeforce, Rockhold made his UFC debut in May 2013.Two years later, he knocked out Chris Weidman at UFC 194 in December 2015, on the undercard of Jose Aldo‘s iconic bout with Conor McGregor, to win his first title.However, Rockhold’s title reign was short-lived, as just six months later, he dropped the belt at 185lbs in his rematch with Briton Michael Bisping.Three consecutive defeats in MMA’s premier promotion to Yoel Romero, Jan Blachowicz, and Paulo Costa saw Rockhold’s UFC career come to an end.He then suffered another loss to Mike Perry on his bare-knuckle debut in April 2023, before getting back into the win column one year later with a wild knockout win over Joe Schiling under the Karate Combat banner.Rockhold fought Perry in bare-knuckle after leaving the UFCBare Knuckle Fighting ChampionshipIt was then announced that Rockhold had joined forces with surging MMA promotion the Global Fight League (GFL).In February, the GFL said Rockhold would face former UFC rival Weidman in a rematch ten years after their famous title bout.However, two months later, the promotion collapsed after cancelling its inaugural event.This left several of the combat sport’s biggest names in doubt over their fighting future, and the promotion hasn’t made any announcements since.Although he never actually fought at the GFL, Rockhold told talkSPORT.com that he was still paid a whopping $50,000 by the promotion.“I was just taking a pay cheque,” he said. “I kind of knew they weren’t gonna do anything, but you know…I got a nice 50, little 50 spot.”Now, after months of talk, Rockhold finally returns to combat sports as he makes his boxing debut at KSI‘s Misfits.