Samuel Takyi undecisive over career path

Ghana's Olympic bronze medallist at Tokyo 2020,  Samuel Takyi in less than a week has made two different remarks over his career path.

The boxer in one breath said he will go professional while in another interview has hinted he is bidding time to turn professional.

The 20-year-old boxer popularly known as “Ring Warrior” over the weekend in an interview with TV3 said he is going professional and hoping to "raise the flag of Ghana high."

According to him, it is the dream of every serious sportsman to go to the Olympic Games and once he has gained that experience and won a medal, he has to move on.

“Am going professional, and hope God will help me to do it and raise the flag of Ghana high”.

“Me and my coach are ready for professional. I have a dream, I have to make it, I am young and I have records to break. We must make it earlier” he expressed.

 

 

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But the Tokyo Olympics boxer has rescinded his decision to switch from amateur to professional ranks. Takyi believes it is too early to go with such a decision. 

“I will turn professional, but not now,” he told Citi Sports on Monday.

“For now, I’m preparing for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next year. After that, there’s the 2023 African Games, which Ghana is hosting and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games would follow soon after that.

“So I will definitely go professional, but not now,” he concluded.

Weeks ago, Ghana boxing legend and former WBA welterweight champion, Ike 'Bazooka' Quartey advised Samuel Takyi to turn pro because he has world title potential which must be managed well to reach higher heights in the coming years.

Following his achievement in Tokyo, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo rewarded the boxer with a brand new car and $10,000 in addition to $20,000 in a career development fund.