Olympic boxing sensation Joshua Buatsi has lifted the lid on an inspiring meeting with former world champion Floyd Mayweather.
The light-heavyweight from London has advanced to the semi-finals in Rio having brutally stopped his first two opponents and revealed he has earned a fan in five-weight king Mayweather.
In an interview reported on ESPN, the 23-year-old Buatsi said of meeting the American: "He said to me he had heard about me before I got here and that I was a great fighter, a future world champion.
"It was good to hear that from someone like Mayweather, who I think is the greatest boxer of our generation.
"This month marks two years since I have been on the Great Britain team and international scene. I have been on a long winning streak and I want to keep it going.
"I want to dominate in every way I can. And 100 per cent, I want more than bronze, and I will give it everything that I've got to make sure I get a gold."
Buatsi is guaranteed a bronze and faces Adilbek Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan on Tuesday for the right to progress to the gold medal bout.