There's a really good cast here, in a movie with a real-life story to tell: how Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle mentored a cheeky Sheffield kid from migrant Yemeni parents, Prince Naseem Hamed, teaching him to stand up to racist bullies and turning him into a media-friendly world champ in the late 90s, nurturing his showboating arrogance and his lethal fists.
"I'm absolutely delighted. It's a great honour to be putting my name alongside the other girls and men and women who have achieved this for Ireland as well," she told RTÉ afterwards.
What seemed like an impossible matchup a few years ago is now a reality: Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez and Terence "Bud" Crawford will face off in a fight that promises to break audience records. The highly anticipated duel will take place on Saturday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., where the Mexican will put his WBC, WBA, WBO, and IBF world titles on the line in the super middleweight division (168 pounds).
Limerick southpaw crestfallen after defeat at sold-out Windsor Park The 26-year-old Limerick southpaw seemed to have out-fought and out-thought the previously unbeaten Crocker as the fight went the distance at the Belfast football stadium. But, much to Donovan's surprise, Crocker got the decision. Donovan started on the back foot almost from the start and suffered two knockdowns inside the opening five rounds with Crocker also slightly ahead on the judges' cards.
Rulas Arreola, also known as Raul Arreola Dosal, has travelled to Las Vegas with Canelo to prepare for a super fight with the undefeated American Terence Crawford on Saturday. It is a contest marketed as a once-in-a-lifetime event that marks the beginning of a bold new era in boxing. Arreola says he has never recommended, provided or sold any banned substance to any athlete or anybody who was subject to any anti-doping rules.
Two of the best fighters of this generation meet on Sept. 13 when undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez meets junior middleweight champion Terence Crawford at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (Netflix, 9 p.m. ET). That upcoming megafight, labeled by some as "the fight of the century," has prompted ESPN to put together a list of the best 25 fighters to step into the ring since 2000, and see where Canelo and Crawford land.
With four months left on the 2025 boxing schedule, there is no clear-cut frontrunner for fighter of the year. From Oleksandr Usyk's one-sided thumping of Daniel Dubois to Dmitry Bivol avenging his loss against Artur Beterbiev for the undisputed light heavyweight championship, there have been some great performances throughout the year. However, there has yet to be that performance that creates enough distance to set one fighter apart from the pack.
