The British boxer has been preparing in the same California based gym as Andre Ward of the United States and fellow Briton Amir Khan, with her professional bow against Argentina's Virginia Carcamo at Manchester Arena.

The duo will go toe to toe on the undercard of the World Boxing Organization lightweight title contest between Britain's Terry Flanagan and Petr Petrov of Russia.

It will be Adams' first bout on home soil since the flyweight claimed her first Olympic gold medal in London in 2012.

Adams' new coach, American Virgil Hunter, was training Ward when he won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and helped steer him to the top of the professional ranks, which Adams believes he can do for her.

"There's so much knowledge in the gym and seeing guys like Andre Ward, who is the best in the world, training every day has left me a bit in awe to be honest," Adams said, according to Boxing News Online.

"Virgil has a lot of knowledge and one thing I like about him is he knows how to take an Olympic champion and turn them into a pro - he did it with Andre and I think he's capable of doing the same with me."

GB Boxing announced in January that Adams had left their World Class Performance Programme and would not be part of their squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle.

Adams became the first female boxer to win Olympic gold when she overcame China's Ren Cancan in the flyweight final in front of a home crowd at London 2012.

The boxer then overcame Sarah Ourahmoune of France in the Rio 2016 final, making her the first British boxer since Harry Mallin at Paris 1924 to retain an Olympic title.

Adams will be looking to follow in the footsteps of fellow London 2012 gold medallist Katie Taylor of Ireland and double Olympic champion Claressa Shields of the US who have both made successful starts to their pro careers.

Adams ended her amateur career as Britain's most successful ever female boxer after winning the 51 kilogram world title in Astana last year, beating Thailand's Peamwilai Laopeam in the final in Kazakhstan.

The triumph completed a career grand slam, after she previously won European titles, Commonwealth Games gold and the title at the inaugural European Games in Baku in 2015.