Ghana born-GREAT Britain boxer Joshua Buatsi guaranteed another Olympic medal as light-heavyweight at least a bronze and Floyd Mayweather Jr has tipped him to be a future world champion.
The Croydon-based boxer has been in sensational form and shocked the world with a thumping knockout in the early stages.
But he'll have his sights on the ultimate prize when he fights for a place in the final tomorrow.
And the success story might not stop there.
According to legendary fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr, the 23-year-old has got what it takes to go all the way to the top.
"He said to me he had heard about me before I got here and that I was a great fighter, a future world champion," Buatsi told the BBC.
"It was good to hear that from someone like Mayweather - who I think is the greatest boxer of our generation.
"I want to dominate in every way I can and I want more than bronze. I will give it everything I've got to make sure I get a gold."
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After growing up in Ghana, Buatsi arrived in England when he was nine-years-old.
And Olympic glory would be a remarkable success story - as he took the plunge into the world of boxing after being beaten up on his local Croydon estate.
He said: "I grew up in Ghana and came here when I was nine.
"I grew up in an estate called Shrublands. One day, one of my mates brought a set of boxing gloves to the estate and we all tried them on and sparred each other.
"He beat us all up. That's when I said I want to learn the skill of boxing as I knew I could fight."
The young fighter lists "smoking" Joe Frazier among his heroes.
He would join a host of famous names - including Anthony Joshua and Lennox Lewis - if he were to go all the way and win the gold medal.
by Sadat Apusi
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