Misfits Boxing 21 live results: Darren Till vs. Darren Stewart round-by-round updates, fight card, ring walks
Uncrowned has Misfits Boxing 21 results, live round-by-round updates, highlights, start time and ring walks for the Darren Till vs. Darren Stewart fight card Friday night at the Vaillant Live in Derby, England. Till, a one-time UFC title challenger, makes his Misfits Boxing return against fellow UFC veteran and Misfits Boxing newcomer Stewart in an eight-round bout as the night's main event.
Till and Stewart were initially scheduled to face off at a Misfits Boxing event on March 29 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, but the show was canceled one week prior to fight night after headliner KSI dropped out of a main-event grudge match against Dillon Danis.
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Till (18-5-1 MMA, 1-0 boxing) made his professional boxing debut in January with a sixth-round stoppage of Anthony Taylor under the Misfits Boxing umbrella. Prior to that, he scored a second-round stoppage win over Mohammad Mutie in a July 2024 exhibition that ended in a chaotic brawl. Till went 1-5 over his final six Octagon appearances before requesting his release from the promotion in 2023.
Stewart (16-10, 2 NC MMA) debuts as a boxer after fighting to mixed success in MMA. A London native known as "The Dentist," Stewart competed 14 times in the UFC between two stints with the organization from 2016-21, compiling five wins. Stewart announced his retirement from MMA following an August 2024 knockout loss to Carlos Pereira in Cage Warriors.
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In the Misfits Boxing 21 co-main event, undefeated boxer Idris Virgo takes on Ty Mitchell for the Misfits Boxing professional light heavyweight title.
Misfits Boxing 21: Till vs. Stewart begins at 2 p.m. ET on DAZN, with the main event ring walks expected around 5:30 p.m. ET.
Follow along with Uncrowned's live Misfits Boxing 21: Till vs. Stewart results, highlights and live blog below, including round-by-round play-by-play of the Till vs. Stewart main event.
Fight card (DAZN, 2 p.m. ET)
Darren Till vs. Darren Stewart
Idris Virgo vs. Ty Mitchell
Chase DeMoor vs. Tank Tolman
Walid Sharks vs. Fox The G
Joey Knight vs. Andrew Howson
Jordan Banjo vs. Wil Anderson
Wakey Wines vs. Mo Deen
Tempo Arts vs. Big Tobz vs. Godson vs. Curtis Pritchard
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