Darren Till Says He’d Reject $10 Million Tommy Fury Fight Over John Fury Apology

Darren Till’s account of a possible Tommy Fury fight turns on a condition he says he wouldn’t accept at any price: apologizing to John Fury. Till says he was asked to make the call as a possible route back to a bout with Tommy, and he claims even a $10 million offer wouldn’t persuade him.

The proposed matchup has a history of falling apart over more than scheduling. Till was set to face Tommy on a Misfits Boxing card in Manchester in January 2025. Tommy later withdrew, citing Till’s threat that he would start throwing kicks if he was losing. The breakdown came amid a public feud that had already spilled into a November 2024 press conference.

Till has continued to mock Tommy’s father, John, since then. That personal dispute now appears, in Till’s telling, to be the sticking point in any renewed effort to make the fight. His version of the conversation came during an interview with The Ariel Helwani Show. Till said the call arrived two or three weeks earlier through his manager, who was laughing as he relayed the request.

“Would you, Darren, ring John Fury and apologize, and we can maybe make the Tommy fight?” was how Till recalled the proposal. He said he wouldn’t identify the person who made the call. His manager, he added, already knew what his answer would be and told the caller to “go and f— themselves.”

The apology is the obstacle Till says he won’t clear

Till framed the reported request as a matter of principle, not a negotiation over the size of the purse. He said he would refuse even if the condition came with a guaranteed $10 million and the Tommy fight was ready to proceed. “What am I ringing him and apologizing for, mate?” he asked, arguing that he saw no reason to retract his remarks about John.

He also pushed back on the idea that John Fury’s age should change his response. Till said he respects everyone, but believes the request treats him as though he should simply accept a demand for an apology. He pointed to what he described as John’s long history in boxing alongside Tyson Fury, saying John had been able to speak freely to others. Till’s complaint is that a few sharp comments from him have now become a condition attached to a possible fight.

His version leaves an obvious question hanging over the matchup: was this a serious attempt to revive talks, or a feeler that depended on Till accepting a personal condition he says he would never meet? The source of the call remains unnamed, and Till’s account does not establish that a bout was formally agreed or that negotiations had advanced beyond the apology request. For now, the reported approach is a glimpse of how difficult it may be to move past the feud that helped define the first attempt to stage the contest.

Both fighters have moved on since the cancelled bout

The timing matters. After the 2025 fight was called off, the Fury family appeared to move on from Till. Tommy returned to action in Budapest and later faced World’s Strongest Man winner Eddie Hall in an exhibition. Meanwhile, Till built a run of Misfits Boxing wins against Anthony Taylor, Darren Stewart and Luke Rockhold during 2025.

Till couldn’t find a matchup this year and switched to bare-knuckle boxing, where he has beaten Yoel Romero and Aaron Chalmers. That run gives the old Fury pairing a different context: it would now bring together a fighter who has competed across several formats and a rival who has pursued other bouts since their original meeting fell through. The article offers no details on weight, rules or a proposed date, so the sporting terms of any rematch remain unknown.

That uncertainty also means the apology claim shouldn’t be mistaken for confirmation that the fight is close. Till’s account suggests that someone tested whether he would make peace with John to reopen the possibility. His answer, as he tells it, was an emphatic no. He even offered a deliberately insulting version of what he jokingly called an apology, then repeated that he would never say sorry to John under any circumstances.

The exchange keeps the rivalry alive, but it doesn’t resolve the practical question of whether Tommy and Till will ever meet. If another approach comes, the first hurdle may be less about their records or recent form than whether either side is willing to let the feud stand without an apology. Till says his position is settled; the fight remains a possibility only if the people involved can find a path that doesn’t depend on him changing it.