A professional boxer from Ipswich says he is preparing to get his "grafting gloves on" after he was announced as one of the new entrants of Love Island.

Frankie Davey said he is “confident, ambitious” and has a “cheeky side to me” as he becomes one of six men to arrive at the ITV reality show’s Casa Amor second villa.

Six female bombshells will also join the show this weekend.

When asked to sum up his dating technique, Frankie, 22, said: “I don’t usually have to do a lot of chasing… so it might be a little bit of a switch up in the villa.

“I’m aware that I might have to take the boxing gloves off and get the grafting gloves on.”

In previous seasons, Casa Amor was introduced as a second villa where one half of the show’s current couples were sent to be tempted by the new arrivals.

Frankie is not the first person from Suffolk to feature on Love Island – Bury St Edmunds scaffolder Ched Uzor featured in 2020 winter edition.

Love Island returns to ITV2 and ITVX on Sunday.