He immediately turned professional under the banner of New Jersey's Main Events, the promotional organisation that had already signed gold medallists Pernell Whittaker, Mark Breland, Meldrick Taylor and Tyrell Biggs.
"Most of the time we'll be pass rushing and he'll yell, 'This is how I want it, ' and I can hear him, " said defensive lineman Pernell McPhee, who said that Suggs is "by far" the loudest person he's ever heard in football.