Rio Olympics 2016: Floyd Mayweather tells Brit boxer Joshua Buatsi he will become a world champion in the future
Retired ring legend heaped praise on light-heavyweight who is rocking Games with his brutal knockouts
FLOYD MAYWEATHER has told the Brit boxer rocking Rio with his devastating knockouts that he will be a world champion.
Joshua Buatsi, who is guaranteed at least a bronze in the men's light-heavyweight, won his first two fights with KOs.
And now he has been tipped for the very top of the sport by the man considered pound-for-pound the best of his generation.
Mayweather, who has been in Brazil watching the the Games, has been blown away by Buatsi's capability for destruction.
And he let him know just how much when getting together with the brawler from Croydon for a chat.
Buatsi, who will face Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov on Tuesday for a place in Thursday's final, said: "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.
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"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, 23, has blown his first three opponents out the water entirely.
He recorded stoppages against his opening rivals - including three-time Olympian Elshod Rasulov - and a unanimous points victory over Algeria's Abdelhafid Benchabla.
And Buatsi has made it crystal clear he has his eyes on the top prize only.
He added: "I came to win gold, I knew I had to beat the top men, so that is what I'm doing.
"The spirit in the team is brilliant, I just can't wait to get back in the there. This has been amazing."