Ahead of Luke Campbell and Tommy Coyle's bout, we look at famous cross-city clashes
Thursday 30 July 2015 11:54, UK
Luke Campbell and Tommy Coyle's upcoming boxing match will put their hometown of Hull on the sporting map - but who else grew up on the same turf before battling it out?
Steven Gerrard & Wayne Rooney
Gerrard and Rooney grew up eight miles apart on Merseyside but their red and blue upbringings were worlds apart. Liverpool's Gerrard was already an established England international by the time a 16-year-old Rooney scored his famous goal for Everton against Arsenal but, until the midfielder's recent switch to LA Galaxy, their careers ran parallel.
Whiston's Gerrard and Croxteth's Rooney shared a club rivalry and an international allegiance for over a decade which intensified when Everton sold their prodigious young talent to Manchester United in 2004.
Their cross-Pennines battles yielded five Premier Leagues and a Champions League for Rooney while the ultimate domestic honour famously eluded his fellow Liverpudlian, whose finest moment came as the game-changer in his hometown club's 2005 Champions League win.
More recently, Rooney inherited the captain's armband for the national team from the retiring Gerrard as their intertwined legacies drew to a close.
Phil Taylor & Adrian Lewis
Stoke-on-Trent is a hotbed of tungsten talent and two of its finest darts players have forged the most up-and-down rivalry in the sport's history.
Taylor, 24 years senior to Lewis, took the talented youngster under his wing as he developed and treated him as a protégé. But it hasn't always been plain-sailing between Stoke's hottest arrow-throwers.
Tensions flared and their personal relationship was strained as Lewis climbed the ranks in pursuit of the legendary 16-time world champion. These days, the oche is the only place where 'The Power' and 'Jackpot' will do battle - they share the PDC circuit and can expect to meet in many more high-profile tournaments before their days at the dartboard are over. Don't bet against more Stoke prodigies joining them…
LeBron James & Steph Curry
The recent NBA play-off finals saw the sport's greatest player LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers oppose this season's standout shooter Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors. As they battled atop the pinnacle of the sport, it could not be forgotten that they were born in the same hospital in the Midwest of the United States.
A town called Akron, the fifth largest in the state of Ohio, was home to basketball's two shining lights and became a household name as James and Curry turned the NBA finals into a one-on-one battle.
James began his career with Cleveland before the hotly-disputed 'Decision' which resulted in a four-year stint with the Miami Heat before returning to his home team. Curry was raised in the area when his father Dell played for the Cavs in the late 1980s. The town of Akron was elevated to the same heights as its two famous sons as they went shot-for-shot in a thrilling series that saw Golden State win their first NBA title in 40 years.
Drew Brees & Nick Foles
When Drew Brees' New Orleans Saints hosted Nick Foles' Philadelphia Eagles in the 2014 NFL play-offs, it represented a victory not just for the home side, but also for a high school called Highland Park many miles away.
The affluent institute in Dallas, Texas, had produced both Brees and Foles a decade apart, meaning the Eagles' trip to the Saints was just the second time in history that opposing quarterbacks in a play-off match had graduated from the same high school.
Increasing the magnitude of their meeting, Super Bowl-winning Brees was reminded that his longstanding records at Highland Park had been beaten by his younger foe. Brees was, at least, able to gain a measure of revenge when his Saints ousted Foles' Eagles on a much grander stage.
Danny Willett & Matt Fitzpatrick
As Danny Willett closed in on his third European Tour title in Switzerland, he may have heard a familiarly thick Yorkshire accent chasing down his one-shot lead.
Matt Fitzpatrick, seven years Willett's junior at 20, ultimately couldn't close the gap but the neck-and-neck contest represented a hole-in-one for Sheffield, the duo's hometown.