Asian Games 2026 Day 9: India’s full schedule for September 28 Time (IST) Sport Event/stage Indian participation/opponent Status/news 03:58:00 Surfing Men’s shortboard, Round 3 Heat 2 Sivaraj Babu vs Jayuard Alciso (Philippines) Subsequent rounds subject to qualification 04:45:00 Archery Compound men’s individual, 1/16 elimination Sahil Rajesh Jadhav vs Jamiyangombo Purevdorj (Mongolia) Later rounds subject to qualification 04:45:00 Archery Compound men’s individual, 1/16 elimination Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Sostar Andaru Rinaldi (Indonesia) Later rounds subject to qualification 06:10:00 Shooting Women’s 25m pistol rapid qualification and team final Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rahi Sarnobat Team medal event; individual final subject to qualification 06:30:00 Sepaktakraw Women’s double, Group B India vs Japan Group match 06:30:00 Shooting Men’s trap qualification Day 2 and team final Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai, Shapath Bharadwaj Team medal event 06:30:00 Shooting Women’s trap qualification Day 2 and team final Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Neeru Team medal event 06:30:00 Squash Women’s team, Pool C India vs China Pool match 06:30:00 Tennis Men’s singles, Round 2 Sumit Nagal vs Hong Seong-chan (South Korea) Knockout match 06:30:00 Volleyball Men’s preliminary round, Pool C India vs Hong Kong, China Pool match 06:46:00 Surfing Men’s shortboard, Round 3 Heat 8 Kishore Kumar Anbarasu vs Ma Wensong (China) Subsequent rounds subject to qualification Not before 7:30 am Tennis Women’s doubles, Round 1 Rutuja Bhosale/Ankita Raina vs Anna Danilina/Yuliya Putintseva (Kazakhstan) Knockout match 08:00:00 Kurash Women’s under-78kg quarter-final Pincky Balhara; opponent yet to be confirmed Subsequent medal rounds subject to progression 08:30:00 Squash Men’s team, Pool A India vs China Pool match Morning session from 8:30 am Boxing Women’s 75kg quarter-final Lovlina Borgohain vs Seong Suyeon (South Korea) Medal-clinching bout; exact start depends on preceding bouts 09:45:00 Archery Compound women’s individual, 1/16 elimination Chikitha Taniparthi; opponent yet to be confirmed Later rounds subject to qualification 09:45:00 Archery Compound women’s individual, 1/16 elimination Jyothi Surekha Vennam vs Adel Zhexenbinova (Kazakhstan) Later rounds subject to qualification 10:00:00 Cricket Men’s quarter-final India vs Afghanistan Knockout match 12 noon Squash Women’s team, Pool C India vs Japan Pool match Evening session from 1:30 pm Boxing Women’s 60kg quarter-final Priya vs Mijgona Samadova (Tajikistan) Medal-clinching bout; exact start depends on preceding bouts Evening session from 1:30 pm Boxing Men’s 90kg quarter-final Kapil Pokhariya vs Kim Gichae (South Korea) Medal-clinching bout; scheduled after Priya’s contest 14:00:00 Squash Men’s team, Pool A India vs South Korea Pool match 14:35:00 Athletics Women’s discus throw final Seema, Sanya Yadav Medal event 15:09:00 Athletics Mixed 4x100m relay, Round 1 Heat 2 India; line-up to be confirmed Final subject to qualification 15:30:00 Hockey Men’s Pool A India vs Bangladesh Pool match 15:53:00 Athletics Women’s 400m hurdles final Vithya Ramraj, Anu Raghavan Medal event 16:03:00 Athletics Men’s 400m hurdles final Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan Medal event 16:17:00 Athletics Men’s 3000m steeplechase final Avinash Mukund Sable Medal event 16:30:00 Athletics Men’s long jump final David Solomon Patturaj, Murali Sreeshankar Medal event 16:38:00 Athletics Men’s 1500m final Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh Medal event 16:45:00 Athletics Men’s javelin throw final Rohit Yadav, Yashvir Singh Medal event 16:50:00 Athletics Women’s 800m, Round 1 Heat 1 Gowthami Jayaraman Final subject to qualification 17:00:00 Athletics Women’s 800m, Round 1 Heat 2 Pooja Final subject to qualification 17:13:00 Athletics Women’s 5000m final Seema, Parul Chaudhary Medal event 18:01:00 Athletics Men’s 4x400m relay, Round 1 Heat 2 India; line-up to be confirmed Final subject to qualification 18:34:00 Athletics Women’s 4x100m relay final India: Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha Shanuvali Sathyanarayana, Sudeshna Hanmant Shivankar, Tamanna Medal event

Past generations discovered that nowhere in the Sunshine State was more treacherous to outsiders than The Swamp, and Saturday offered a reminder of why.

The dangers lurking around every corner of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium went dormant for most of the last 15 years, but not extinct. Fourth-ranked Ole Miss discovered that the hard way, denied even a full week to enjoy its karmic defeat of Lane Kiffin and LSU until Saturday’s 52-28 rout.

Likewise, Rebels quarterback Trinidad Chambliss’ time as the Heisman Trophy frontrunner ended in a violent death roll like so much prey of Florida’s alligators — or of the University of Florida’s Gators.

“That quarterback [Chambliss] is an unbelievable player, so for our guys to keep him off-balance at times — that’s the most uncomfortable I’ve seen him look,” first-year Florida head coach Jon Sumrall said in his postgame press conference. “And he kicked my butt as a head coach twice last year,”

In Ole Miss blowouts of Sumrall’s Tulane teams in 2025, Chambliss passed for a total of three touchdowns and rushed for two. On Saturday, the Rebels quarterback threw for a score and ran for a pair, and Chambliss totaled almost 350 yards of offense.

But when Sumrall described the electrifying dual-threat quarterback as looking “uncomfortable,” the Gators made Ole Miss labor for everything. And then there’s the inherently intimidating atmosphere of The Swamp that longtime college football fans may recall.

Saturday conjured memories of a time when entering The Swamp was effectively futile. During Steve Spurrier’s legendary tenure in Gainesville, the Gators went 68-5 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

A joke from the peak of the Spurrier years described Florida fans as entering The Swamp in a cultlike trance, all in unison chanting, “It’s great to be a Gator.”

Rarely since Urban Meyer’s departure from Gainesville following the 2010 season have things been great for the Gators. Depending on how one views the means by which a team wins, even the Meyer years produced stains that sullied Florida’s greatness, but that’s a different topic.

In terms of the pure on-field product, the Gators losing 32 more games at home since 2011 than they did from 1990 through 2001 is as telling of a metric as any about the program’s struggles.

Great isn’t an adjective any full-time Swamp dwellers are likely to invoke about the 2026 Gators any time soon; certainly not in the way it became synonymous with Spurrier’s Florida teams. Sumrall himself tempered expectations of Saturday’s win, citing needs for improvement for the SEC grind still to come.
However, any deficiencies that may have shown in allowing 426 yards, for example, Florida more than compensated for in other areas.

“The guys we have on offense [are] super gritty. They understand when the other team scores, we have to go down and respond,” Gators quarterback Aaron Philo said. “We take a lot of pride in that.”

No one responded more emphatically than running back Jadan Baugh.

Saturday marked the fourth time in as many appearances this season Baugh has gone for 136 yards rushing or more, this time tallying 142.

Baugh has also rushed for multiple touchdowns in each outing, with his three vs. the Rebels giving him 11 for the season. He’s almost halfway to the program record of rushing scores that Tim Tebow set in his Heisman-winning campaign of 2007.

Fittingly, Baugh struck a Heisman pose of his own in Week 4.

And while the spotlight is deserved on Baugh, Florida’s rushing attack overall looks like the most perilous of all the threats in The Swamp. Duke Clark rolling off 126 to complement Baugh put the Gators over 300 on Saturday, a number that doesn’t happen without outstanding blocking.

Florida’s feisty up front is the most striking difference when viewing the 2026 team compared to the disappointing UF squads of years past. The Gators play with a physicality befitting the menacing reputation their home stadium once had — and which it can regain with more performances like Saturday’s.

With this season marking the 10-year anniversary of UF naming The Swamp’s field for Spurrier, the Sumrall-coached Gators offered a fitting homage to The Old Ball Coach’s era.

World number two Alexander Zverev sealed Team Europe’s record-extending sixth Laver Cup title with a straight-sets victory over American Learner Tien, giving them a 13-5 win against `Team World at London’s O2 Arena on Sunday. Team Europe, captained by Yannick Noah, entered the third and final day needing two victories to reclaim the trophy.

Sunday’s matches were worth three points each, with the first team to reach 13 points claiming the Laver Cup. Match wins were worth one point on Friday and two points on Saturday. French Open runner-up Flavio Cobolli of Italy teamed up ⁠with Czech Jakub Mensik to open the final day’s action, moving ​Team ⁠Europe to within one win of the title after a 7-5 6-3 victory over Team World’s Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur that extended their lead to 10-5.

French Open and US Open champion `Zverev then took centre stage against Tien, with the German prevailing 7-6(3) 6-3 to seal the title for Europe.

The victory marked the fourth ‌time Zverev had helped to clinch the Laver Cup for Team Europe. He also secured the winning points in Chicago in 2018, Geneva in 2019, and in Boston in 2021 when he won the doubles alongside Russian Andrey ‌Rublev.

Zverev’s victory sparked jubilant celebrations, with the European players leaping in celebration and singing on court. “I’m happy that I did it today,” Zverev said. “But massive credit to the entire Team World. They pushed us all the way.

“I think we had a great team, great team chemistry and a great team effort. We’re definitely happy that we won!” Seven-times Grand Slam champion ⁠Carlos Alcaraz, who returned at Flushing Meadows after a lengthy layoff due to a wrist injury and has looked sharp since, had been scheduled to face Australian De Minaur in a later singles match.

Rising 20-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar was due to play Fritz, but neither match was needed after Zverev wrapped up the contest. “We had three chances to close it out in the singles,” Zverev added. “Especially with Carlos playing after me, I think that gives me a lot of confidence and gives me a little bit of freedom to play.

“But still, it was an incredibly tough match. Credit to Learner as well. “I think Carlos is also very happy that I closed it out. ​And me too, by the way! I’m very happy that I won.”

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, a co-founder and co-owner `of the Laver Cup, were among the spectators at a packed O2 Arena. Team World is made up ⁠of players from continents outside Europe. The annual tournament, which began in 2017, is intended to be tennis’ equivalent of golf’s Ryder Cup.

Team Europe lifted the trophy in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024 before adding this year’s crown, while Team World won the title in 2022, 2023 and 2025. The 2027 edition, which will mark the tournament’s 10th staging, will be held at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

The very top of the US LBM coaches poll looks a lot like last week’s edition. One doesn’t have to go too far down, however, to see the shuffling caused by the chaotic week just completed.

Texas retains the No. 1 spot after escaping Tennessee on the road. The Longhorns were picked first by 45 of the 73 voters submitting this week. The voters were kind to the Volunteers, who drop just three positions to No. 17. Georgia holds the No. 2 spot with 17 No. 1 votes after rolling past struggling Oklahoma. Notre Dame also holds steady at No. 3, with three firsts this week.

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The changes begin at No. 4, as Miami nudges ahead of Indiana. Though the Hurricanes didn’t receive any No.-1 nods while the Hoosiers got eight, Miami claimed more points overall as IU struggled a bit to put away Northwestern. Ohio State is back up to No. 6, followed by Alabama.

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Florida makes the week’s most significant jump. The Gators vault all the way up to No. 8 after their convincing win against Mississippi. It’s the first top-10 appearance for the Gators since September of 2021, while the Rebels fall six places to No. 12. No. 9 Brigham Young and No. 10 Texas Tech continue to round out the top 10, as LSU stay put at No. 11.

Iowa moves up four spots to No. 14 thanks to its last-second thriller at Michigan. The Wolverines remain in the poll at No. 24. Oregon moves up just one spot to No. 15 by winning at Southern California, knocking the Trojans down six spots to No. 18.

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Four new teams join the top 25, headed by No. 16 Mississippi State. The Bulldogs staved off No. 25 Missouri to earn their first ranking since October of 2022. No. 20 Houston is also back in the rankings, and Duke and UCLA make their season debuts at No. 21 and 23 respectively. Texas A&M and Oklahoma drop out along with Louisville and Washington.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: College football rankings shuffled with Florida surging in US LBM Coaches Poll Top 25

Gerald Ryan has lauded Skyhook as “poetry in motion” after the four-year-old gelding delivered a commanding performance to win the Group 2 Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. The horse led throughout the race.

However, the experienced trainer has ruled out a start in next weekend’s Epsom Handicap for the gelding. Ryan’s plan remains to keep him fresh for the Silver Eagle (1300m) in three weeks, with the ultimate aim being the $10 million Golden Eagle (1500m) on October 31.

“I’ve tested him now two weeks apart and no, he’s not going to the Epsom,” Ryan stated.

“I’ll probably freshen him up a little bit, get the freshness in his legs for the Silver Eagle. The Golden Eagle is a different kettle of fish, but it’s a $10 million race, 1500 metres at Randwick. He’s in form, we’ll have a crack.”

Already a winner of the Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) first-up, Skyhook ($1.50 favourite) was arguably even better in the Shannon Stakes (1500m). Guided by Kerrin McEvoy, he set the pace and resisted all challengers.

He crossed the line with a comfortable three-length margin over Estadio Mestalla ($10). Joe Pride’s runner, Private Eye ($4.80), finished in third place, a neck behind the runner-up.

Ryan feels Skyhook has significantly improved this season and points to his versatility as a major advantage.

“Dry tracks, wet tracks. Lead, sit back. Pretty bloody handy,” he quipped.

“Beautiful ride. I thought the topweight (Private Eye) would probably lead and we’d take the sit, but Kerrin was more, let’s put it to him and make him chase us because we’re still on our way up. My query today was 1300 to 1500 second-up, but he’s coped. He’s done it well.”

Jockey Kerrin McEvoy, who has partnered Skyhook in his last three victorious starts, confirmed the horse felt excellent heading to the barriers.

“He was lovely and fresh and bouncy going to the start, which I was pleased to see because I hadn’t been on him since his last run,” McEvoy commented. “He is handling himself really well. He takes bad luck out of the equation. That’s half the battle sometimes.”

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Manchester United were linked with a move for Roma star Manu Kone during the summer transfer window

Roma have reportedly increased their asking price for midfielder Manu Kone amid reported interest from Manchester United. The Reds were credited with an interest in signing the France international during the summer transfer window as they looked to strengthen their midfield options.

United went into the transfer market for three new midfielders in the summer, with Andrey Santos, Youri Tielemans and Carlos Baleba all making the move to Old Trafford on permanent deals.

Kone’s future was the subject of intense speculation during the summer transfer window, particularly after the 25-year-old impressed during the World Cup with France.

Chelsea were also credited with an interest in signing Kone in the closing stages of the window, particularly after Enzo Fernandez completed a £125million switch to Manchester City.

A fresh update has emerged on Roma’s stance on Kone’s future just a few weeks after the summer transfer window closed.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Roma have increased the price tag that they have placed on Kone’s signature, having previously rejected a bid from Chelsea around €60million (£51.6m).

It has now been claimed that the Serie A club would now demand at least €100million (£86million) to consider parting company with Kone in any future transfer window.

It remains to be seen if United, or any other club, will look to try and sign Kone from Roma in January or next summer’s transfer window.

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Chelsea seemingly expressed the strongest interest in trying to sign the midfielder, with Monaco star Lamine Camara also a target on deadline day.

Having signed three midfielders in the summer, United were also looking to bring in a new left-back to compete with Luke Shaw and Patrick Dorgu before the transfer window closed.

Tyrell Malacia left United as a free agent at the end of last season, and United went on to not sign a replacement, leaving Shaw and Dorgu as the only left-back options in the senior squad until January, at least.

United still have two weeks to wait before returning to Premier League action after the international break, with Tottenham Hotspur their opponents on October 10 at Old Trafford.

Scotland and Northern Ireland secured qualification for the Netball World Cup after a three-day event in East Kilbride.

The top two sides from the four-team tournament won their spots in the finals, which take place in Sydney, Australia, with Wales and Republic of Ireland failing to qualify.

Northern Ireland’s emphatic 73-50 win in the early match on Sunday meant they would qualify should Scotland win or draw, while Wales’ only path to qualification was through a victory over Scotland.

Heading into the final match of the tournament between the Scots and Welsh, the event hosts had their spot in the finals secured unless Wales won with an overwhelming points haul and Scotland ran out 55-48 victors.

The World Cup runs from 25 August-5 September 2027.

In the beginning, the Presidents Cup pressed repeat.

For its first two editions, in 1994 and 1996, the Ryder Cup-style competition pitting the United States against the world (minus the UK, Ireland and continental Europe) was played at the same course: Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, in Gainesville, VA, a venue chosen largely for its proximity to the nation’s capital. The event, after all, was called the Presidents Cup, with Gerald Ford as its honorary chairman. It made sense to keep things close to Washington, D.C.

In those early goings, the PGA Tour, which created the event, had no plans to take it overseas at all. Not until it had gathered momentum — with the stirrings of a fan base and sponsor interest — did the competition settle into its current rhythm, shifting back and forth, every two years, between the U.S. and overseas (it was postponed in 2001 by the attacks of Sept. 11, and then again in 2020 by the pandemic). In 1998, the biennial battle moved to Australia; Royal Melbourne Golf Club was the stage.

In the years since, the Presidents Cup has gone back to the well more than once. It returned to Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in 2000 and then again in 2005. It has also double-dipped at Royal Melbourne (2011 and 2019) and Royal Montreal Golf Club (2007 and 2024). This year’s edition wraps up today, with Sunday singles at Medinah No. 3 in the Chicago suburbs deciding whether the U.S. extends its stranglehold on the event or the International team pulls off its second win in 16 tries.

Like the team rosters, Presidents Cup venues have grown more diverse. In the first two playings, the International team had no players from Canada or Korea; on this year’s roster, it has four. And now the event is set to broaden its horizons further: in its next two iterations, it will visit two courses for the first time. Here’s what to look for in 2028 and 2030.

Kingston Heath, Melbourne, Australia (2028)

The 2028 Presidents Cup heads back to Australia’s Sandbelt — just not to Royal Melbourne. Kingston Heath, a few minutes down the road, will get its turn, marking the event’s fourth visit to Melbourne overall, tying Gainesville for the most Cups hosted by a single city.

Kingston Heath has been a fixture of Australian golf for a century, hosting seven Australian Opens and multiple Australian Masters, most recently in 2012, when Adam Scott — a potential International captain for 2028 — won on his home Sandbelt turf. But its reputation among architecture buffs rests less on trophies than on land. Dan Soutar laid out the course in the 1920s, and Alister MacKenzie, fresh off his work at Royal Melbourne, refined the bunkering in 1926, with construction led by the legendary green-keeper Mick Morcom. Together they turned a modest, largely flat piece of sandy ground into one of the most studied routings in golf, and one of its most compelling tests.

Bellerive, St. Louis, MO (2030)

Two years later, the Cup returns to St. Louis and Bellerive Country Club, a course with a big-event pedigree: the 1965 U.S. Open (Gary Player’s career Grand Slam, on the youngest course ever to host one), the 1992 PGA Championship (Nick Price’s first major), the inaugural U.S. Mid-Amateur in 1981, and, most recently, the 2018 PGA Championship, won by Brooks Koepka.

The club itself traces to 1897, but the course the Presidents Cup will play dates to 1960, when Robert Trent Jones Sr. was brought in to design an entirely new 18 holes on land west of the city — a muscular, bunker-heavy layout nicknamed the “Green Monster of Ladue.” His son, Rees Jones, gave it a $9.5 million overhaul in 2005-06, rebuilding bunkers, tightening fairways and adding water on the second hole. The result is a brawny championship course,  and the fifth different U.S. venue to host the Presidents Cup.

The Indian men played out a draw with Hungary and settled for the silver medal on a tie-break, while the women drew with Georgia to bring home the bronze in the 46th Chess Olympiad that concluded on Sunday. The Uzbekistan team regained the gold medal in the open section after winning the final round game against Ukraine by a 2,5-1.5 points. The Uzbeks ended with 20 points out of a possible 22, winning as many as 10 rounds and losing a lone match against Germany. The Indian men ended up with 18 points and were tied for the second spot with Germany that defeated Holland. However, thanks to a better tie-break score, the Indian team ended with silver while Germany had to be content with the bronze.

In the women’s section, China annexed the gold with another fine performance against Vietnam, winning by a 3-1 margin. The Chinese team also ended with 20 points in all, a couple of points more than second-placed Kazakhstan.

The Indian team was yet against rescued by B Savitha Shri who has clearly been the best performer among the Indian women. Ending up with nine points out of her 10 games, Savitha Shri was clearly the reason why the Indian women could win the bronze.

As it happened in the match, Humpy scored a quick victory over Nana Dzagnidze but Divya Deshmukh lost against Bella Khotenashvili on fourth board.

After Vantika Agrawal was also held to a draw on the third board, much was left to Savitha Shri to survive a very difficult position where her king was under constant scrutiny. Savitha eventually fought move for move to force the draw.

In addition to the team bronze, Savitha also won the individual gold medal for her performance. Humpy and Vantika won the bronze while Divya Deshmukh got silver medal for her performance.

Among the Indian men, Praggnanandhaa won the bronze for his performance but following a last round debacle, Gukesh narrowly missed out on gold.

Important results final round Open: Uzbekistan (20) beat Ukraine (Nodirbek Abdusattorov Igor Kovalenko; Javokhir Sindarov drew with Vasyl Ivanchuk; Nodirbek Yakubboev drew with Ihor Samunenkov; Mukhiddin Madaminov beat Roman Dehtiarov). India (18) drew with Hungary (17) 2-2 R Praggnanandhaa drew with Richard Rapport; Arjun Erigaisi beat Peter Leko; Nihal Sarin drew with Benjamin Gledura; D Gukesh lost to Gleb Dudin). Netherlands (15) lost to Germany (18) 1.5-2.5; Anish Giri drew with Vincent Keymer; Jorden Van Foreest lost to Matthias Bluebaum; Loek Van Wely drew with Svane Frederik; Casper Schoppen drew with Rasmus Svane.

Women: China (20) beat Vietnam 3-1 (Zhu JIner beat Pham le Thao Nguyen; Song Yuxin drew with Vo Thi Kim Phung; Lu Miaoyi beat Luong Phuong; Zhai Mo drew with Nguyen Thi Mai Hung). Poland (17) drew with Kazakhstan (18) 2-2 (Oliwia Kiolbasa drew with Bibisara Assaubayeva; Aleksandra Maltsevskaya beat Alua Nurman; Kulon Klaudia drew with Meruert Kamalidenova; Alicija Sliwicka lost to Elnaz Kaliakhmet); India (18) drew with Georgia (16) 2-2 (Koneru Humpy beat Nana Dzagnidze; Divya Deshmukh lost to Bella Khotenashvili; Vantika Agrawal drew with Lela Javakhishvili; B Savitha Shri drew with Meri Arabidze).

(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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Jaron Ennis remains hopeful that he can tempt Terence Crawford out of retirement and into a mega-fight, and one former sparring partner of both men has shared his thoughts on potential bout.

Ennis, who holds the WBA and WBO titles, is in hot pursuit of the undisputed super-welterweight crown, seeking to secure a three-belt unification clash with IBF titleholder Josh Kelly before the end of the year and then move onto a showdown with Sebastian Fundora.

Should ‘Boots’ capture all four world titles, he could offer Crawford the chance to become boxing’s first four-division undisputed champion – an achievement which would undeniably position him amongst the greatest fighters of all time.

Speaking to FightHype, middleweight contender Kyrone Davis, who has previously sparred both men, declared that a victory for ‘Bud’ would see him solidified as a top three pound-for-pound legend.

“It’s a great fight, what would happen? We don’t know. Terence Crawford is kind of teasing us with a return. No matter what I say, these fans are [acting] like it’s civil war, if I say one good thing about ‘Boots’ then Terence Crawford fans hate me. If I say something good about Terence Crawford, Boots fans hate me!

“I like both guys, honestly, they are both good people. I have been in camp with Crawford and I have known Boots coming up. I have shared the ring with both of them and they are both terrific fighters, they are both very talented. Terence Crawford is savvy, he is everything that everybody says he is. Boots is everything that they say he is.

“If it happens, it would be a great fight. I don’t know if it is going to happen, but it would be a treat if it does, for all boxing fans. For me, as a boxing fan myself, I would love to see them throw down and see if the younger guy can defeat the older champion or if the older champion has a few more tricks and solidifies himself as maybe [a] top three [fighter of] all time.”

Although, Davis went on to admit that he believes Ennis could pull it off, concerned that an extended lay-off could impact Crawford more than many expect it to.

“I have seen a few fighters look old in one night, it happens, especially when you have been in such tough fights and you have put yourself through so many tough training camps. It’s really the training camps, you take so many punches in a training camp, you take so much wear and tear on the body. Sometimes it shows up in one night. 

“Hopefully, if they fight, we don’t see that. I want to see a competitive and the best Terence Crawford but that could happen.”

“If they come back and fight, I think that it will be one of the better fights that we get. I don’t see that fight being one of the boring ones where we get it and we are like ‘oh, man, it’s not what we wanted it to be!’, if them two guys fight, it is going to be everything we want it to be. 

“It’s a tough fight, it’s a very difficult fight. I believe that he [Boots[ can win but its a very difficult fight.”

Alongside Ennis, Crawford has also been linked with a potential return against Ryan Garcia this December.