British Olympian Jeffries goes pro

Great Britain’s Tony Jeffries who won a bronze at this years Olympics in the Light Heavyweight division has agreed to go professional. Jeffries 23, a life long Sunderland Football fan signed pro forms with Dennis Hobson’s Fight Academy. He also became the first British Olympian from the 2008 games to go pro. The move was slighty overshadowed by as row over bonuses that Jeffries believes he is owed. Jeffries says that in winning a bronze medal at the Olympics trigged a £5,000 a claim refuted by the ABA Chief Executive Paul King who believes it ended in 2007. The row is likely to rumble on. It has been mentioned that Jeffries will debut in February 2009.