Pat McCormack aims is to be recognised as one of the most gifted boxers in the country; Trainer Ben Davison thinks he'll soon be in the welterweight world title mix; McCormack wants to be part of Britain's new wave of boxing stars, alongside "generational talent" Moses Itauma.
An Olympic silver medallist, McCormack was a stunning amateur boxer. He's a flawless 8-0 so far as a professional and in his most recent fight stopped Miguel Parra in the ninth round.
"100 per cent. That's the aim," McCormack told Sky Sports. "When you're first starting off you're fighting lower level to what I was fighting as an amateur so you're getting the knockouts, you're looking good. I think when the competition goes up you can show a little bit more. It brings out the best of you as well."
Trainer Ben Davison has worked with an array of elite boxers; Tyson Fury, Josh Taylor and Anthony Joshua among them, but he sees McCormack already among the top tier
"It's just a case of building his profile, getting him some experience of the later rounds, which is something we were really pleased with in the last fight because the last opponent thought he was going to catch Pat up late, but Pat actually broke him down. The fight went the other way," Davison said
"Just gaining rounds, gaining experience, building his profile to the point where we can bring the right opponents for him. We can entice the people that have got the titles over for Pat to take them off them.
"We'll see. This time next year we should be talking about a world title fight."
That's what McCormack wants. "I'd like to win British, Commonwealth, European and world titles, I'd like to be a world champion and set my family up," he said. "Three or four fights [before a world title]? A few more steps up in competition.
"Obviously there's a few more boxes that need to be ticked, a few more steps up in competition and when we're ready for that, it'll come."
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