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Darren Till: Here to Stay

Fighting didn’t save Darren Till’s life, but the unbeaten welterweight prospect is well aware that his daily existence might have looked quite different if he hadn’t packed his bags and moved to Brazil, far from the distractions of home back in Liverpool, England.

“I would say that if I didn’t come to Brazil and didn’t fight, I would be in a pretty s**tty situation right now,” Till said. “I’m not gonna say I’d be dead or I’d be in jail, but I’d be in a different kind of situation in different circumstances, and maybe those circumstances wouldn’t be so good for me.