World Champion boxer Anthony Crolla has chosen the runners who will join him in the ‘Crolla’s Army’ team taking on this year’s Great Manchester Run together, just weeks after defending his WBA Lightweight World Title against Ismael Barroso in the city, on 7th May.

Anthony picked a 12-strong team (one for every round of a professional boxing bout) with a range of important personal reasons for joining Crolla’s Army, including a runner who has beaten stage four cancer, a sister wanting to thank Crolla for dedicating his World Title to her brother who lost his cancer battle and first time runners and amateur boxers lokking for a confidence boost and a new challenge.

Manchester’s Greatest Run takes place on Sunday 22nd May with 40,000 runners challenging themselves over 10km through closed city centre streets. Anthony will be on the start line to run with his team mates and meet them at the finish.

  • The World Champion will now get together his team for a training session and will provide support and encouragement in their training. On the day the team will wear branded Crolla’s Army running shirts, and be joined by Anthony at the start and finish line of the event for last minute pep-talks and to ensure they have their Greatest Manchester Run.

Announcing who he had picked for Crolla’s Army, Anthony Crolla said:

“After so many fantastic entries it was hard to choose just 10 runners, and I feel honoured to be able to train with and run alongside such inspirational individuals. I know how hard you have to train to get the best out of yourself and I’m excited to help my army meet their own personal challenges at Manchester’s Greatest Run.”

Fellow boxing champion and Crolla’s Army team-mate Callum Smith said:

“I do quite a lot of running as part of my boxing training but I’ve never taken part in the Great Manchester Run. I race Anthony on the track all the time so I’m looking forward to racing him over 10km.

“I’m part of Crolla’s Army. I train with him every day in the gym so we’re quite good friends. It will be great to do the run alongside him. I’ll be raising money for an autism charity. I’ve got a younger sister with autism so I understand the affect it has and hopefully we can raise a bit of awareness through the Great Manchester Run.”

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