‘100 Percent, My Amateur Career Is Done Now’: British Olympian Reveals Exciting Next Step

Team GB heavyweight Pat Brown qualified for the Paris Olympics in style but suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Pan American Games and World Championship silver medallist Keno Machado. His heavy-handed fan-friendly style looks a fitting style for the professional game, and Brown has now confirmed he will be turning pro.

Pat Brown Reflects on Olympic Experience

Pat Brown Looks Back at Machado Fight

Brown performed well in Paris, and let his combinations go, but the slickness of his opponent convinced the judges more and resulted in Machado being awarded the 4-1 split decision. Reflecting on the loss to Sky Sports, Brown said: “I’ve been a bit low the past few days.” He continued: “At the time it’s like you’ve got a lake, you throw a stone in and it’s all blurry, you can’t really see straight.”

Brown added: “I really was going in there bulletproof, I really thought I could wipe everyone out. But I just got to him a little bit too late in the third round.”

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Reflecting on his opponent in Paris, he said: “He’s a class operator. I’ve watched the fight back and it was a close fight and I thought it would have been a lot closer in the second round to be fair than what they give it.”

The GB heavyweight continued: “It is what it is. It’s split milk now and that’s that. I’ve just got to move on now and continue with my career afterwards.”

But he added: “One more round I needed and I would have got to him. His legs went in the third round and he was absolute knackered he was blowing. So definitely would have got to him.”

“Fair play to him, it’s amateur boxing, I didn’t get the decision on the night.”

Pat Brown Looks to the Future

Looking ahead to the future, Brown revealed its time for him to turn professional: “100 percent, my amateur career is done now, I’ll just enjoy some rest and look what’s on the side,” Brown told Sky Sports. He continued: “There’s some big fights to be made and my dreams are always to sell out arenas, to bring back them Ricky Hatton days in Manchester. That’s what always gets me going, so have some good wars and good boxing fights.”

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Discussing his likely style in the pro game, Brown said: “Get stuck in, aggressive.” he said with a smile, “let’s go dig for dig.”

The Olympian added: “Watch this space, I’ll be coming for it all and I can’t wait to get my pro career underway in Manchester.”