Fife fighter Connor Law has put his Commonwealth Games heartbreak behind him, as he seeks to make a name for himself as a professional.
The Glenrothes boxer was a controversial omission from Scotland’s team for Glasgow 2014.
He believed it was an injustice that he had to context a winner takes all box-off with Lewis Benson (just four days after he was involved in a serious car accident).
And Law is also adamant that he should have got the decision in the fight in any event.
Veteran promoter Tommy Gilmour has seen enough in the welterweight though to sign him up for what will hopefully be a successful new career in the paid ranks.
Law, who went to the Games to cheer on his fellow Scottish fighters at the SECC, told Courier Sport: “I’ve got to move on.
“Tommy’s watched me box and likes my style of fighting. He thinks I’m capable of going far, and he says I’m one of the last fighters he’s going to sign.
“I totally trust Tommy, and my trainer Stevie Maguire, to make the right decisions for me.
“I’d have loved to have finished as an amateur with a bang at the Commonwealth Games but that wasn’t to be.
“I’ve taken my time to make the decision to turn pro and I’m 100% sure it’s the right one for me. I’m a three-times Scottish champion, so I’ve made my mark.”
Benson was beaten in the first round of the Games, and Englishman Scott Fitzgerald won the gold.
Law can’t help but think about what might have been.
“I was ahead of the English boy in the British rankings at one point,” he pointed out.
“I could have won a medal, but that’s in the past now.
“It was tough watching the opening ceremony, thinking I could have been there. Then when I went to the semi-finals to support the boys, that was hard in a way as well.”
Law climbed into the ring for his fight-off just four days after a car accident which left him with knee, hip, back and shoulder injuries.
“I’m still getting treatment to my back,” he revealed.
“I still can’t believe I was made to fight four days after the crash. On top of everything I even had to lose four or five kilos in a sauna to drain the weight off.
“Even then, when I fought I couldn’t believe how easy it was. I sat back and let him do all the work. He was missing and I was countering him. But he somehow ended up getting the decision.”
Law’s first fight has been pencilled in for October 6 at a venue to be confirmed, and he’s hoping that his second contest will be on home turf at the Gilvenbank Hotel in Glenrothes.