COMMONWEALTH Games Gold medallist Sam Hickey has joined forces with promoter Ben Shalom and Boxxer.
The 24-year-old made his professional debut on the Adam Azim-Ohara Davies undercard last month in London. Hickey recorded a four-round points’ win over John Henry Mosquera to kick off his career.
But yesterday the Dundee man moved to the next stage having signed a long-term deal with Boxxer.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity for me,” he told Sky Sports.
“Sky Sports are one of the biggest broadcasters in the world and to box on their platform under the BOXXER banner is going to be great exposure for me and for people who want to follow my journey.
“I looked at ex-Team GB boxers like Lauren Price and Joshua Buatsi and the job BOXXER has done with them is great and I’d like to follow in their footsteps.”
Hickey, who will be trained and managed by Robert McCracken, also hopes to tread the same path laid out by his countrymen and become another Scottish boxing great.
“I want to go all the way to become a world champion while representing Scottish and British boxing. I’d like to follow in the footsteps of great Scottish boxers like Ken Buchanan or in more recent times Scott Harrison, Ricky Burns and Josh Taylor.
“I want to bring world titles and massive fights back to Scotland.”