 In January 2018, Begum signed a three-year a managerial contract with Joe Joyce's handler Sam Jones and Adam Morallee who made her their first client since forming the management company S-Jam Boxing with plans to turn professional in boxing.She also signed with former heavyweight champion David Haye's Hayemaker Promotions.In 17 March, Begum made her professional boxing debut under Queensberry Rules against Bulgaria's Ivanka Ivanova in York Hall Bethnal Green, London, which was screened on Channel 5, as an undercard for the Matty Askin vs. Stephen Simmons fight.