GEORDIE amateur star Travis Dickinson has become the latest young gun to turn professional with FTM Sports.
The middleweight will make his professional debut in Leigh on April 17 on the undercard of Matthew Marhs's British super-bantamweight title defence against Mark Moran.
Travis's brother Jon-Lewis joined Maloney last year and has impressed in both professional contests so far.
Maloney said: "The north east is becoming a hot bed for boxing and later this year I want to stage a show there and build it around the Dickinsons.
"Travis has been one of the best amateurs in England in recent times and I'm excited about his prospects as a professional."
Dickinson won two Junior ABA titled defeating supposed hot prospect George Groves in the final on both occasions in 2006 and 2007 - one of the wins by a first round knockout and the other on points
Maloney added: "The middleweight division is stacked with talent and I'm sure he will repeat his wins over Groves when they eventually meet again."
The former Birtley ABC star was British amateur champion in 2006 when won gold at the Four Nations Tournament in Liverpool.
BROADHURST GETS AFRICAN TEST
Commonwealth Super-Flyweight champion Don Broadhurst faces another African test on February 28 in his native Birmingham.
The unbeaten 25-year-old defeated Isaac Quaye to lift his first championship title last October.
And now the pint sized scrapper will meet a second Ghanaian at the National Indoor Arena, Isaac Owusu.
The Ghanaian super-flyweight champion has, like Broadhurst beaten Quaye on points over 12 rounds and is a hard-hitting pro of five years.
Owusu, who has a record of 11 wins with only one loss and five knockouts, steps in after Broadhurst's original opponent, Andy Bell, withdrew after failing a BBBofC drug test last month.
"These Africans are always tough opponents, so I'm going to have to be at my best," said Broadhurst.
"I don't think I've hit any opponent harder than I did Quaye, and he was still standing there at the end, so I'm going to earn my money against Owusu.
"In many respects he's a tougher oppponent than Andy Bell, but that suits me down to the ground because I want to be tested when I fight.
"My aim is to add the British title later this year and then go after European and World honours.
"It's great to be earning good money but my legacy and putting Birmingham boxing back on the map are what's important to me.
"I want my great-grandchildren to be reading about me in fifty or sixty years time and saying I was a great champion."
Joint-headlining the bill will be Matt Skelton's Commonwealth Heavyweight Title showdown with Martin Rogan, plus the glittering professional debuts of the 2008 Olympians, Frankie Gavin, Billy Joe Saunders and James DeGale.
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