Frazer Clarke and Pat McCormack, boxers for Team GB, have announced that they will become professional after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Both have medalled in Japan with Clarke, a super-heavyweight star, winning the bronze. Clarke was defeated by Bakhodir Jalolov from Uzbekistan in the semi-finals.
At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, super-heavyweight Frazer Cleve won a bronze medal
After being outpointed in Cuba by Roniel Iglesias, Pat McCormack, welterweight, won the silver medal.
The pair, who won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, will now be eligible to join the paid ranks.
Clarke spoke to talkSPORT and said that he missed Rio 2016 and London 2012 to Anthony Joshua and Joe Joyce.
"People have been waiting for my professional career for quite some time, I believe.
"It came a year later that I would have liked, maybe a couple of years, but the next step in the journey is definitely it's the professional route.
"I am now experienced, I have been at the pinnacle in amateur boxing, and I have three of the four major gold medals. With a lot pride, I can look back at my amateur career.
"And I can move on to the next step, start from the bottom again and work my way up."
McCormack, 26, also said that his amateur days are over as he prepares to compete for professional honours.
Sky Sports interviewed him: "A little disappointing that it wasn't a gold medal, but that's what my goal was, but now, the dust has settled, and I'm happy to have my silver. I'm proud.
"I have medalled at World Championships and European Championships, Commonwealths, Olympics. All of them have given me medals. This was my last medal, and I'm now ready for the next.
"I came here to win gold, but I missed out on the pros, but I will definitely be up for a world title in the pros."
"It's going take some time to build into it, but if there's no world title in your sights then why bother being in the game?"
He also spoke with the Scotsman in a separate interview.
It's been a long wait. It was obvious that the lockdown and all other factors caused it to be delayed for a year.
"I had hoped to become a professional but I am an Olympic silver medallist. It's a great platform to go pro."
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