Alphonso Davies challenges IShowSpeed to a race

Canadian professional football player Alphonso Davies recently challenged YouTube content creator and IRL streamer Darren "IShowSpeed" to a race. He challenged the streamer through a broadcast on his own Twitch channel, alphonsodavies, on April 21, 2025.

During his YouTube broadcast, ShowSpeed watched the clip of Davies asking him to compete in a race, with the football star stating:

"Speed, my brother, if you're watching, appreciate you. Bro, we still gotta do the race! We still got to do the race."

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"Chat, isn't he injured?": IShowSpeed reacts to being challenged to a race by Alphonso Davies

This is not the first time IShowSpeed and another athlete have attempted to set up a competitive race, as the streamer once asked American track athlete Sha'Carri Richardson to race against him — a challenge which she denied, stating that she did not want to race "for free."

On the other side, Alphonso Davies has been injured for nearly a month due to his injury during a match between Canada and the United States at the Concacaf Nations League. Davies had suffered a torn ACL, a devastating knee injury that requires surgery and months of recovery.

Keeping this in mind, IShowSpeed asked his viewers if Davies would be fit to even partake in the race:

"You're injured! Chat, isn't he injured?"

Continuing, Davies stated that the race could be done now with his injured state or when he is healthier and back to his normal training routine:

"We can do it right now, or when I'm back healthy. When I'm back fully fit. When I can run again. We gotta do the race... We've been talking about doing this for a long time."

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IShowSpeed recently stated that he may partake in a stunt to celebrate reaching 40 million subscribers on YouTube. The streamer stated he would like to do "wing walking," an airborne stunt involving an individual walking along the wings of an aeroplane as it flies.