Sam Hickey is starting to get used to hearing what would once have sounded preposterous to him: being mentioned in the same breath as one of the all-time greats of Scottish boxing, Dick McTaggart.
Hickey, like McTaggart, is a Dundonian, and with every major tournament the 22-year-old edges closer to the medal record of his predecessor.
Hickey’s Commonwealth gold medal in Birmingham in August emulated McTaggart’s achievement back in 1958 and, to this day, McTaggart remains one of the greatest and most successful boxers this country has ever produced.
