Australian heavyweight prospect Justis Huni has made the decision to go professional full time and he plans to make a splash in the division.
The 22-year-old's dream of Olympic gold was dashed when he injured his hand as he put a 10-round beating on Paul Gallen back in June.
Huni required surgery on his right hand, ruling him out of the Tokyo games, but he is now back nearing full fitness, revealing his decision to go pro on social media.
"It's time to commit full time to the pros," Huni wrote on Facebook.
"I want to thank Boxing Queensland, Boxing Australia, Coach Kevin Smith for the many opportunities to represent my state and country over the years, something i will never forget."
With his amateur career now in the rear-view mirror, Huni's promoter Dean Lonergan said the Queenslander doesn't plan on mucking around when he returns to the ring.
"Justis will fight seven times next year. That's what he wants to do and that's what we're going to deliver," Lonergan told Sporting News.
"While we're in the process of building Justis, we're going to give him meaningful, great fights but we're just going to keep rolling them out, fight after fight, because that's what he wants."
Lonergan said Huni is on track to resume full contact training before the end of the year and hopes to be in action in early 2022.
Huni stopped Django Opelu to claim the Australian heavyweight title on his professional debut last October and Lonergan said he hopes to bring big heavyweight fights to Australian shores.
"Unless we get big opportunities every now and then to go to Las Vegas or to London and fight in front of 70,000 people, I see Justis fighting the majority of his career in Australia." he added.
"I think the appetite is big enough that we can have the fights in Australia."
Lonergan confirmed one fight on the radar was highly-rated Kiwi, Junior Fa.
A bout with ex-world champ Joseph Parker in February brought about the only loss on the 31-year-old's record.
"Junior is a fantastic fight for Justis," Lonergan said.
"Justis has only got five fights under his belt, Junior's 19-1 and the only loss he's had is to former WBO world champion Joseph Parker.
"That's the fight that I see will launch Justis into the top 15, maybe top 12 of the world of a couple of sanctioning bodies."
Huni's decision to go pro comes just days after that of Olympic bronze medallist Harry Garside.
The 24-year-old has teamed up with legendary trainer Johnny Lewis and will make his professional debut on the undercard of Tim Tszyu's fight with Takeshi Inoue in Sydney on November 17.