Brandon Anthony Staight is a man on a mission: take the amateur boxing world by storm.

The 21-year-old has been putting in the hard yards where the sport is concerned, drilling styles, sparring and remaining laser-focused on his one goal of becoming a national champion.

But it wasn't always this straight forward. For years, Staight battled with depression and inactivity. Like many others, the inspiring story of Tyson Fury got him to sit up and take note. Not only did Fury return to the sport that so carelessly discarded him in the first place, he did so and stuck it to one of the heaviest punchers of all time: Deontay Wilder.