WHEN a Sale boxer takes to the ring this weekend, the one person he can guarantee wont be watching will be his mum.

Sam Hyde, 20, a former pupil of Brooklands Primary and Ashton-on-Mersey School, will take to the ring for his latest professional fight, at the Manchester Arena, on September 13.

However, he can guarantee mum and nurse Audrey, won't be anywhere to be seen when he takes on cruiserweight Wayne Brooks, in only his third professional contest.

He said: "My mum really hates boxing and doesn't like the thought of anyone hitting me. She generally hates every aspect of it.

"To be fair she did actually come to my first fight as an amateur aged 14, in Nottingham but sat with her back turned in the other direction to the ring and was getting a running commentary from my dad Paul!"

As a youngster Sam, whose boxing nickname is 'nowhere to' Hyde, describe himself as 'sporty' as a youngster before joining Sale West ABC

"Once I was into boxing I had to lay off the rugby and the football but it was around this time I was looking at the likes of Ricky Hatton on You Tube and trying to copy his style, before I realised I was going to succeed better if I developed my own style."

Aged 16, Sam took up a job with a joinery firm and spent a day a week learning the craft at Trafford College, but by the age of 18 he knew his future lay elsewhere.

As an amateur he got a call up to the GB boxing squad in 2012 which he admits ultimately failed because it wasn't suited to his style.

Sam knows he is still on a learning curve that can only improve as he puts in the early morning effort of being a pro boxer based in Moss Side.

After winning his first pro contest on points in March against Elvis Dube and his second against Tommy Gifford by knocking his opponent out in the first round in April, that effort is already paying dividends.

He adds: "I would like to become a boxer like the late champion Arturo Gatti, and over the next five years, my aim is to capture as many titles as possible."