Ioan and Garan Croft: Welsh twins training with Anthony Crolla as professionals

Welsh boxing twins Ioan and Garan Croft are training with former world champion Anthony Crolla as they embark on their professional careers.

The 22-year-old brothers left the Great Britain podium squad in February, five months before the 2024 Paris Olympics, after losing "trust" in GB Boxing.

Garan revealed on social media that he and Ioan were now training with Crolla in Manchester "as professionals".

Mancunian Crolla, a former WBA lightweight champion, retired in 2019.

Writing on Instagram, Garan said: "We feel we're building the strongest team to guide us in and outside the ring to achieve our goals."

The Crofts' decision to turn professional came after their path to the Paris Olympics became unclear in recent months.

A change to the Olympic weight classes meant they would both have to compete in the 71kg category, meaning only one of them would be able to go the Games.

In order to qualify, one brother would have needed to beat the other and the twins have spoken in the past about never wanting to fight each other.

Lewis Richardson was instead picked to go to Italy for an Olympic qualifying event next month and the twins say a meeting with GB Boxing chiefs left them believing their omissions had not been explained.