He may have left his job of being an electrician, but Edinburgh boxer Lewis Benson will be hoping to light up the competition when he steps into ring at Glasgow 2014.

The 22-year-old fighter's journey to the Commonwealth Games began when he was 13 when he started attending boxing classes at Meadowbank Amateur Boxing Club in the east end of the city.

At first, his mother was unsure whether to let him take up the sport as he used to be angry and troublesome youth who often fought back, after he was the target of racist abuse at primary school.

After changing his ways, he was allowed to join the club and was first trained by former Scottish Super Featherweight Champion Mark Geragthy.

Under Mark's tutelage, Benson went from strength to strength winning Bronze, Silver and eventually Gold at the Scottish Youth Championships, before picking up Bronze and Silver at two British Championships.

In 2010, he left Meadowbank to join his current club Lochend Boxing Club to train under Eric Brown to help him reach the next level.

He would go onto win two Scottish titles and become the British Champion in 2012.

While training, Benson was able to achieve an apprenticeship as an electrician, however, he left his job in December 2012 to fully focus on his bid to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, after being given reassurances that a job will always be on the table if he ever decided to return to the trade.

Since then he has competed in over 90 fights winning about 65 of them.

Two weeks ago, he was announced as the 10th and final member of Team Scotland by Commonwealth Games Scotland and Boxing Scotland, and will represent the nation at the Games in the 69kg Welterweight class ahead of Glenrothes' Connor Law.

Benson recently beat Law to land his third Scottish 69kg title at the National Championship at Glasgow's Emirates Arena, admitting after the fight that his family and friends had already bought tickets for Commonwealth Games in anticipation of watching him fight at the SECC in front of thousands of screaming Scottish fans.

However, Benson's newly won Scottish title wasn't enough for him to be selected for Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games because Law still had more qualification points than him.

This meant one final contest between the two was needed to ultimately decide who was on their way to the Commonwealth Games and who would have to watch from the sidelines.

In a hard fought and close contest held behind closed doors at Boxing Scotland's High Performance Centre, Benson won the three round bout by a spilt decision and his place in Team Scotland was confirmed.

Despite making the team, Benson still has some problems to contend with.

He has never been a funded fighter choosing to work hard on his own to achieve his goals.

He recently set a JustGiving page to help raise £3000, where people have been kindly donating money so he can buy new equipment and supplies on the run up to the Games.

He also looks set to be one of the most well supported athletes at the Games.

A Facebook page created at the end of April in support of him  has already gotten over 1000 likes and people have also been leaving messages of encourage and support for the young boxer.

Benson is Edinburgh's sole member of Team Scotland and is desperate  to bring home Gold for Scotland, and with the thousands of Scottish fans cheering him on at the SECC, he will be sure to be one of the favourites to walk away with a medal come the end of Glasgow 2014.