Boxing Showdown Alert: Leicester Kid Upsets British Legends!

Some say fortune favours the bold, and in Sean Bruce's case, it's hard to argue otherwise. Just over a decade ago, the boxer placed a bet on his local team - Leicester City - to win the Premier League in the 2015-16 campaign. The rest is, of course, history.

However, after using his winnings from the miraculous gamble to buy a car, he is a champion in his own right following his British flyweight title triumph over Alfie Clegg via unanimous decision, walking out with his belt onto the King Power Stadium pitch on Tuesday night as Leicester beat Bristol City 2-0. Bruce fought toe-to-toe with Clegg before beginning to land crunching hooks and body shots in the later rounds which ultimately gained him the nod from the judges on his debut in the division at York Hall, Bethnal Green. "The atmosphere was unbelievable," Bruce said.

"I had a great crowd come from Leicester, and they really spurred me on in the later rounds when it got hard in there. It was a night I'll never forget. " 'It's not something I thought would be possible' Sean Bruce is managed by Nottingham's former WBF super-featherweight champion Carl Greaves [BBC Sport] The 29-year-old's love for the sport was ignited when he watched the film Rocky at a friend's house, resulting in Bruce going to a gym in the South Wigston area of Leicester before he started training seriously.

Now, fights for the European and Commonwealth flyweight titles are on the horizon for Bruce, who has won eight and lost two of his professional bouts. "Winning the belt was unbelievable, just a dream come true to be honest," he added. The odds were certainly stacked against him.