Darren Till to face former UFC champion in Misfits while Tony Ferguson returns despite eight-fight losing streak

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Darren Till and Tony Ferguson are set to feature on a Misfits Boxing card this summer.Till is scheduled to square off against former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, while Ferguson makes his first splash in influencer boxing against TikToker Salt Papi.Till has fought three times in boxing since leaving the UFCGettyThe event, which is being billed as ‘Ring of Thrones’, is due to take place on August 30 at Manchester’s AO Arena.Ferguson and Salt Papi lock horns for the interim MFB middleweight title in the co-feature attraction before headliners Till and Rockhold duke it out for the MFB bridgerweight belt.Till (3-0) made the successful transition from MMA to boxing last year with a stoppage win over Mohammad Mutie and has now become a mainstay on the Misfits roster.He will be making his third appearance in the space of seven months under the MFB banner after overcoming Anthony Taylor and Darren Stewart earlier this year.Before switching sports, Till fought 12 times (6-5-1) for the UFC.The pinnacle of his career came in 2018 when he challenged for the UFC welterweight crown against Tyron Woodley.In the end, he proved no match for the dominant champion, who submitted Till in the second round to kick off a rapid decline in fortunes.Rockhold (0-0) went one better than Till by snatching the UFC middleweight belt from Chris Weidman in 2015.He didn’t keep hold of the title for long, though, as he was knocked out in his first defence by Michael Bisping in a stunning short-notice upset.Rockhold left the UFC in January 2023 and has since gone on to try his hand at bare-knuckle boxing and full-contact karate.Till’s next opponent Rockhold was the UFC middleweight champion at the peak of his powersGettyGettyFerguson is riding an eight-fight skid in MMA, but will try his hand at boxing[/caption]He gave up against Mike Perry when the going got tough in his BKFC debut in April 2023, but bounced back with a brutal knockout win over Joe Schilling in Karate Combat last April.Ferguson (0-0), like Rockhold, is making his boxing debut at Misfits 22 after a long and punishing MMA career.At his peak, Ferguson was one of the best 155lbers on the planet.‘El Cucuy’ picked up the interim UFC lightweight title during a legendary 12-fight unbeaten streak in the mid to late 2010s.However, his career has since taken a downward turn.The 41-year-old was released by the UFC last year off the back of an eight-fight skid, yet the MMA icon has chosen to continue competing.Salt Papi is 6-2 in influencer boxingGettyHe had initially signed with the GFL before the company went under, and is now set to step into the squared circle with Salt Papi in a new venture.Salt Papi (6-2) was once hailed as a future of crossover boxing, although a couple of losses to Slim Albaher and Taylor dimmed his shine.Over the last couple of years, he has built himself up again with stoppage wins over Amadeusz Ferrari, Dawood Savage and King Kenny, and he is now on the verge of his biggest fight to date.