SAM HICKEY SIGNS LONG-TERM PROMOTIONAL DEAL WITH BOXXER AS AMATEUR STAR LOOKS TO BRING WORLD TITLES BACK TO SCOTLAND

LONDON, UK (November 5, 2024) – Scottish standout Sam Hickey has signed a long-term promotional pact with BOXXER as he looks to build on his amateur success and bring world titles back to Scotland. 

One of the country’s most decorated amateur fighters, Hickey claimed Gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he was also named the tournament’s ‘Best Male Boxer’, and Bronze at the 2022 European Championships, making him the first Scottish athlete in 16 years to win a senior European medal. 

The 24-year-old from Dundee, who was unfortunate to miss out on a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics after his weight category was removed, is also a five-time Scottish National Champion, GB Champion, European Junior Silver Medallist, European Youth Bronze Medallist and European Under 21 Bronze Medallist. 

Hickey, who will be campaigning at middleweight under the guidance of coach and manager Robert McCracken, impressed in his professional debut last month, scoring a one-sided points victory over John Henry Mosquera as part of BOXXER’s High Voltage fight night at the Copper Box Arena in London on October 19th. 

Having penned a deal with BOXXER, Hickey will fight live and exclusively on Sky Sports, the UK’s leading sports broadcaster, and joins a world-class stable of fighters featuring world champions, Olympic medallists and unbeaten contenders. 

Fighters under the BOXXER banner include Chris Billam-Smith, Chris Eubank Jr, Joshua Buatsi, Natasha Jonas, Lauren Price, Ben Whittaker, Caroline Dubois, Adam Azim, Frazer Clarke, Viddal Riley, Callum Simpson and Karriss Artingstall. 

Sam Hickey said: “I’m delighted to have signed with BOXXER. It’s a fantastic opportunity for me. 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. 

“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.”

BOXXER Founder and CEO Ben Shalom said: “Welcome to the team! We’re delighted to have secured Sam’s signature. BOXXER is the home to the most exciting young talents in British boxing. We look forward to working with him and helping him to realise his ambition of becoming world champion and bringing many big nights back to Scotland. Sam has a very bright future ahead of him and with the backing of BOXXER and Sky Sports, he can go all the way!”