The man who would be king - the rise and fall of 'the next Prince Naseem'

Boxer Daniel Teasdale was hailed as the heir to the legendary Prince Naseem Hamed, but his promise never materialised into fame, fortune and films.

Hamed had won his first world title aged 21. Teasdale was still a teenager.

Ingle, from his gym in Sheffield, moulded the careers of a conveyor belt of world-beaters and title winners. He guided both of the fighters from childhood.

Before super-middleweight Teasdale's first professional bout, the Rotherham fighter had been featured in national newspapers, books and was being documented by photographers and film-makers.

He won a succession of national titles, establishing himself as the next contender to emerge from the Ingle gym.

Photographer Simon Roberts travelled to the Ingle gym in 1997 hoping to photograph Hamed.

"Brendan said 'don't worry about Naz, start photographing that kid in the corner. He's going to be bigger than Naz'. That was Daniel," Roberts said.

Roberts began to follow the young sensation, hoping to capture his rise on camera.

"We were selling the documentary as 'who's the next Prince Naseem?'," says Mitchell.

He recalls Teasdale being the subject of similar headlines in national newspapers, and later accompanying him to an event gathering together the best British prospects from every sport for the new Millennium.

Teasdale learnt both ballet and gymnastics to develop his footwork and skills in the ring and was seemingly set for stardom.

"I was very teachable, could talk, had the looks and could box," says Teasdale, who took up the sport aged six.

The bitterness of Hamed's split from trainer Ingle in 1998 has been well-documented, with both sides seemingly losing.

He followed Naz in leaving the gym, linking up with one of its greatest exports, three-time world title challenger Herol 'Bomber' Graham.