Craig Docherty with his Commonwealth belt

Gary Jacobs was the last Scot to win a European title and Docherty feels he can emulate his success and that of the legendary Jim Watt.

"I'm going to be as good as them," smiled Docherty.

"I'm not far away right now, in talent certainly. I will near enough emulate Jim Watt."

Having successfully defended his belt against Ghana's Kpakpo Allotey in April, promoter Tommy Gilmour believes Docherty is ready to take the next step.

"This is without doubt the most difficult fight that Craig has been involved in," said Gilmour.

"He is aware he will have to be fitter and more determined than ever."

But Gilmour is confident Docherty can live up to his own expectations.

Craig's intention is to be universally recognised as the best super-featherweight Promoter Tommy Gilmour

"Now he's the number one contender, then there's the possibility of defending the European title and then fighting for the world title," he added.

"If you cast your mind back and think of a man who also started at the St Andrews Sporting Club, Jim Watt.

"He won the European title, defended it and then went on to make the Kelvin Hall more famous than it had been by winning the world title there.

"We would like to think that we would travel a similar path to take Craig onto a wee bit more stardom and money.

"I think he will go down in the history of boxing. He's gone right through the whole spectrum.

"That's the way we should look. Craig's intention is to be universally recognised as the best super-featherweight.

"If he beats Sinitsin then he is going to be highly rated and eligible to fight for the IBO title.

"If he wins he's also going to go higher in the various other organisations that the EBU are affiliated to.