Top Irish prospect Bobbi Flood was just a young boy when he took to the streets of Bray, waiting hours just to catch a glimpse of Katie Taylor's crowning moment following her Olympic triumph at London 2012.

The youngster will make his professional boxing debut on his 21st birthday on Saturday night in Dublin. In the build-up to fight night, Flood has constantly reminded himself 'you only get one debut.' Getting the call to feature on a stacked card at the 3Arena - five minutes from his Grandmother's house - was a no brainer for the 20-year-old.

For as long as he could remember, the boxing superstar always had aspirations of lacing up the gloves and turning pro. Growing up, Flood was left in awe by the accomplishments of two Irish stars, Katie Taylor and Mick Conlan. Flood recalls watching Taylor passing through the streets of Bray on a bus, celebrating her Olympic success.

It was at that moment - seeing his fellow countrymen paying tribute to one of their own - that he wanted to push on and one day be in Taylor's position. "It was always Katie Taylor and Mick Conlan," he told Mirror Fighting when asked for his inspirations growing up.

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"The fanbase they had in Ireland and stuff like that and what they’ve achieved. That's obviously what they have achieved if I could achieve that it’d be unreal. I’ve always looked up to them. Katie Taylor coming back from the Olympics with a gold medal. I remember going out to Bray and, waiting there for hours to see her coming through on a bus and stuff like that with all the Irish flags. So imagine one day people doing that for me. It'd be a dream come true, really would."

His first professional outing falls a day before Mother's Day, and it'll no doubt be an emotional occasion for Flood after his mother passed away when he was just eight-years-old. He made a promise to her that he would make it to the Olympics, but due to complications over the changes in weight classes, the Irishman made the decision to speed up turning to the paid ranks.

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Now, he has promised to deliver a world title to his beloved family. Having won 10 national titles and a European Youth gold medal, expectations are well and truly high for Flood. That said, he is backing himself to deliver on his promised and become a champion within the next five years.

"If I can get the right fights, if I prove that I'm good enough in the first couple of fights, I don't see why they won't give me a step up. And if I prove again on that step up that I'm good enough to be there, why not take a step up again? And again if we go and prove myself right again, who knows where that will put me in the running for a world title eliminator or something like that in a couple of years? But look, if it happens before the five years just let it be. You know what I mean? I'm not complaining, but please God in five years time I'll be a world champion."

He added: "Bringing a world title back home. That's literally what dreams are made of. Like please God someday, God willing I'll be able to do that. I'd be more looking forward to inspiring the younger generation when I become a world champion because the area I come up from, it's not a great area. It's a good, great area for the people, but obviously for crime and stuff like that it wouldn't be great. So I’d love to in a couple of years time really influence them to do better and join a sport and excel in that sport, to like try do your best in the sport, stay in school, all those type of things that gives you a good head start in life."