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Great Britain Boxing
Official website
Sport	Boxing
Abbreviation	GB Boxing
Headquarters	English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, United Kingdom
www.gbboxing.org.uk

Great Britain Boxing is a team of elite amateur boxers from Great Britain, which is funded by the National Lottery and is based in the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

The Great British boxing team is split into two squads, the 'Podium' and 'Development', and the concept is that those of the 'Podium' are largely the current Olympians, the more experienced and accomplished of the elite of amateur boxing in Britain. Whereas the Development Squad focuses on developing the future generation of boxers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond. The British Boxing team has emerged as a 'force' in the amateur boxing game in recent years. The sophisticated set-up at the 'amateur' base is supported by a team of world-class nutritionalists, physiotherapists, psychologists as well as a partnership with Soulmate Food.

In 2009 Natasha Jonas became the first female boxer to compete for GB Boxing.

Training base

The GB Boxing Team are based at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield where they have a state-of-the-art purpose-built boxing gymnasium, opened in 2009.

Olympic Games

1948 London Olympics

Date: 1948

Location: London, Great Britain

Participants: 8

Medal Haul: 0 G, 2 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Peter Brander	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 32
Henry Carpenter	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Ron Cooper	ENG	Lightweight	ROUND OF 16
Jack Gardner	England	Heavyweight	ROUND OF 16
Tommy Proffitt	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 32
Don Scott	ENG	Light Heavyweight	SILVER
Max Shacklady	GBR	Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
Johnny Wright	ENG	Middleweight	SILVER

Coaches:

1952 Helsinki Olympics

Date: 1952

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Participants: 10

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Henry Cooper	ENG	Light Heavyweight	ROUND OF 16
Dai Dower	WAL	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Bernard Foster	ENG	Light Middleweight	ROUND OF 32
Terence Gooding	ENG	Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Edgar William Hearn	ENG	Heavyweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Percival Lewis	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 32
John Patrick Maloney	ENG	Welterweight	ROUND OF 32
Thomas Nicholls	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 32
Frederick Reardon	ENG	Lightweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Peter Waterman	ENG	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 16

Coaches:

1956 Melbourne Olympics

Date: 1956

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Participants: 7

Medal Haul: 2 G, 1 S, 2 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Nicholas Gargano	ENG	Welterweight	BRONZE
John McCormack	SCO	Light Middleweight	BRONZE
Richard McTaggart	SCO	Lightweight	GOLD
Thomas Nicholls	ENG	Featherweight	SILVER
Ronald Redrup	ENG	Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Owen Reilly	SCO	Bantamweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Terence Spinks	ENG	Flyweight	GOLD

Coaches:

1960 Rome Olympics

Date: 1960

Location: Rome, Italy

Participants: 5

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 3 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Thomas Dave	ENG	Heavyweight	QUARTER-FINAL
William Fisher	SCO	Light Middleweight	BRONZE
Jimmy Lloyd	ENG	Welterweight	BRONZE
Richard McTaggart	SCO	Lightweight	BRONZE
Johnny Ould	ENG	Light Heavyweight	ROUND OF 32

Coaches:

1964 Tokyo Olympics

Date: 1964

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Participants: 8

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Jimmy Dunne	ENG	Lightweight	ROUND OF 16
John McCluskey	SCO	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Richard McTaggart	SCO	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
Brian Packer	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 32
William Robinson	ENG	Light Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Ronald Smith	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 32
William Stack	ENG	Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Michael Varley	ENG	Welterweight	QUARTER-FINAL

Coaches:

1968 Mexico City Olympics

Date: 1968

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Participants: 2

Medal Haul: 1 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Eric Blake	ENG	Light Middleweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Chris Finnegan	ENG	Middleweight	GOLD

Coaches:

1972 Munich Olympics

Date: 1972

Location: Munich, West Germany

Participants: 8

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 3 B

'Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Neville Cole	ENG	Lightweight	ROUND OF 32
Ralph Evans	WAL	Light Flyweight	BRONZE
Maurice Hope	ENG	Welterweight	QUARTER-FINAL
William Knight	ENG	Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Alan Minter	ENG	Light Middleweight	BRONZE
Maurice O'Sullivan	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 32
William Taylor	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 32
George Turpin	ENG	Bantamweight	BRONZE

Coaches:

1976 Montreal Olympics

Date: 1976

Location: Montreal, Canada

Participants: 6

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Patrick Cowdell	ENG	Bantamweight	BRONZE
Robert Davies	ENG	Light Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Colin Jones	WAL	Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
Charlie Magri	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Clinton McKenzie	ENG	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
David Odwell	ENG	Middleweight	ROUND OF 16

Coaches:

1980 Moscow Olympics

Date: 1980

Location: Moscow, Soviet Union

Participants: 9

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Joseph Frost	ENG	Welterweight	QUARTER-FINAL
George Gilbody	ENG	Lightweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Raymond Gilbody	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 16
Peter Hanlon	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 16
Gerard Hawkins	ENG	Light Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Mark Kaylor	ENG	Middleweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Keith Wallace	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Tony Willis	ENG	Light Welterweight	BRONZE
Nick Wilshire	ENG	Light Middleweight	QUARTER-FINAL

Coaches:

1984 Los Angeles Olympics

Date: 1984

Location: Los Angeles, United States

Participants: 11

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Pat Clinton	SCO	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Ricky Coleman	ENG	Light Flyweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Rod Douglas	ENG	Light Middleweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Alex Dickson	SCO	Lightweight	ROUND OF 16
David Griffiths	ENG	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
Michael Hughes	ENG	Welterweight	ROUND OF 32
John Hyland	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 32
Brian Schumacher	ENG	Middleweight	ROUND OF 32
Kevin Taylor	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 16
Robert Wells	ENG	Super Heavyweight	BRONZE
Anthony Wilson	ENG	Light Heavyweight	QUARTER-FINAL

1988 Seoul Olympics

Date: 1988

Location: Seoul, South Korea

Participants: 8

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Henry Akinwande	ENG	Super Heavyweight	ROUND OF 16
David Anderson	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 16
Michael Devanney	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 32
Mark Elliott	ENG	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 32
Mark Epton	ENG	Light Flyweight	ROUND OF 32
Charles Kane	ENG	Lightweight	QUARTER-FINAL
John Lyon	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 32
Richie Woodhall	ENG	Light Middleweight	BRONZE

Coaches:

1992 Barcelona Olympics

Date: 1992

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Participants: 7

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Brian Carr	SCO	Featherweight	ROUND OF 32
Robert Clarke	ENG	Lightweight	ROUND OF 32
Adrian Dodson	ENG	Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
Paul Ingle	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16
Paul Lawson	ENG	Heavyweight	ROUND OF 32
Robin Reid	ENG	Light Middleweight	BRONZE
Rowan Williams	ENG	Light Flyweight	QUARTER-FINAL

1996 Atlanta Olympics

Date: 1996

Location: Atlanta, United States

Participants: 2

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
David Burke	ENG	Featherweight	ROUND OF 32
Fola Okesola	ENG	Heavyweight	ROUND OF 32

Coaches:

2000 Sydney Olympics

Date: 2000

Location: Sydney, Australia

Participants: 2

Medal Haul: 1 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Courtney Fry	ENG	Light Heavyweight	ROUND OF 32
Audley Harrison	ENG	Super Heavyweight	GOLD

Coaches:

Ian Irwin
Kelvyn Travis

2004 Athens Olympics

Date: 2004

Location: Athens, Greece

Participants: 1

Medal Haul: 0 G, 1 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Amir Khan	ENG	Lightweight	SILVER

Coaches:

Terry Edwards

2008 Beijing Olympics

Date: 2008

Location: Beijing, China

Participants: 8

Medal Haul: 1 G, 0 S, 2 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
James DeGale	ENG	Middleweight	GOLD
Frankie Gavin	ENG	Lightweight	WITHDREW
Tony Jeffries	ENG	Light Heavyweight	BRONZE
Joe Murray	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 32
David Price (c)	ENG	Super Heavyweight	BRONZE
Billy Joe Saunders	ENG	Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
Bradley Saunders	ENG	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 16
Khalid Yafai	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 16

Coaches:

Nigel Davies
Terry Edwards
Dave Pocknall

2012 London Olympics

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Date: 2012

Location: London, Great Britain

Participants: 10

Medal Haul: 3 G, 1 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Nicola Adams	ENG	Flyweight	GOLD
Luke Campbell	ENG	Bantamweight	GOLD
Fred Evans	WAL	Welterweight	SILVER
Natasha Jonas	ENG	Lightweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Anthony Joshua	ENG	Super Heavyweight	GOLD
Savannah Marshall	ENG	Middleweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Anthony Ogogo	ENG	Middleweight	BRONZE
Andrew Selby	WAL	Flyweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Tom Stalker (c)	ENG	Light Welterweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Josh Taylor	SCO	Lightweight	ROUND OF 16

Coaches:

Dave Alloway
Lee Pullen
Paul Walmsley

2016 Rio Olympics

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Date: 2016

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Participants: 9

Medal Haul:

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Galal Yafai	ENG	Light Flyweight
Muhammad Ali	ENG	Flyweight
Qais Ashfaq	ENG	Bantamweight
Joseph Cordina	WAL	Lightweight
Josh Kelly	ENG	Welterweight
Antony Fowler	ENG	Middleweight
Joshua Buatsi	ENG	Light Heavyweight	Bronze
Lawrence Okolie	ENG	Heavyweight
Joe Joyce	ENG	Super Heavyweight	Silver
Nicola Adams	ENG	Flyweight	Gold

Coaches:

Dave Alloway
Lee Pullen
Paul Walmsley

World Championships

1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1974

Location: Havana, Cuba

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1978

Location: Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1982

Location: Munich, West Germany

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1986

Location: Reno, United States

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1989

Location: Moscow, Soviet Union

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1991

Location: Sydney, Australia

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1993 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1993

Location: Tampere, Finland

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1995

Location: Berlin, Germany

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1997

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

'Coaches:

1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 1999

Location: Houston, United States

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Keith Evans	WAL	Heavyweight	BRONZE

'Coaches:

2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2001

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 1 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Carl Froch	ENG	Middleweight	BRONZE
David Haye	ENG	Heavyweight	SILVER

Coaches:

2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2003

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Coaches:

2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2005

Location: Mianyang, China

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Neil Perkins	ENG	Welterweight	BRONZE

Coaches:

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2007

Location: Chicago, United States

Participants:

Medal Haul: 1 G, 0 S, 2 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Frankie Gavin	ENG	Lightweight	GOLD
Joe Murray	ENG	Bantamweight	BRONZE
Bradley Saunders	ENG	Light Welterweight	BRONZE

Coaches:

2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2009

Location: Milan, Italy

Participants:

Medal Haul: 0 G, 0 S, 0 B

Boxers:

Coaches:

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2011

Location: Baku, Azerbaijan

Participants: 13

Medal Haul: 0 G, 3 S, 1 B

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Luke Campbell	ENG	Bantamweight	SILVER
Scott Cardle	ENG	Welterweight	ROUND OF 64
Joe Cordina	WAL	Lightweight	ROUND OF 64
Charlie Edwards	ENG	Light Flyweight	ROUND OF 64
Anthony Joshua	ENG	Super Heavyweight	SILVER
Fred Evans	WAL	Welterweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Sean McGoldrick	WAL	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 64
Anthony Ogogo	ENG	Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Andrew Selby	WAL	Flyweight	SILVER
Tom Stalker	ENG	Light Welterweight	BRONZE
Josh Taylor	SCO	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 64
Martin J Ward	ENG	Lightweight	ROUND OF 32
Khalid Yafai	ENG	Flyweight	QUARTER-FINAL

Coaches:

2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2013

Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan

Participants: 13

Medal Haul:

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Jack Bateson	ENG	Light Flyweight	ROUND OF 32
Warren Baister	ENG	Heavyweight	ROUND OF 64
Aston Brown	SCO	Middleweight	ROUND OF 16
Joe Cordina	WAL	Lightweight	ROUND OF 32
Charlie Edwards	ENG	Flyweight	ROUND OF 32
Fred Evans	WAL	Welterweight	QUARTER-FINAL
Anthony Fowler	ENG	Middleweight	BRONZE
Joe Joyce	ENG	Super Heavyweight	ROUND OF 32
Sam Maxwell	ENG	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 64
Sean McGoldrick	WAL	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 64
Andrew Selby	WAL	Flyweight
Josh Taylor	SCO	Light Welterweight	ROUND OF 32
Gamal Yafai	ENG	Bantamweight	ROUND OF 64

Coaches:

European Championships

2011 European Amateur Boxing Championships

Date: 2011

Location: Ankara, Turkey

Participants:

Medal Haul:

Boxers:

Boxer	Nationality	Weight	Result
Aston Brown	SCO	Middleweight
Luke Campbell	ENG	Bantamweight
Scott Cardle	ENG	Welterweight
Charlie Edwards	ENG	Light Flyweight	BRONZE
Fred Evans	WAL	Welterweight
Anthony Joshua	ENG	Super Heavyweight
Obed Mbwakongo	ENG	Light Heavyweight
Sean McGoldrick	WAL	Bantamweight
Anthony Ogogo	ENG	Middleweight
Danny Price	ENG	Heavyweight
Andrew Selby	WAL	Flyweight	GOLD
Tom Stalker	ENG	Light Welterweight	SILVER
Josh Taylor	SCO	Lightweight
Martin J Ward	ENG	Lightweight
Khalid Yafai	ENG	Flyweight

Coaches:

British Lionhearts

Main article: British Lionhearts

The British Lionhearts represent Great Britain in the World Series of Boxing. Founded in 2012, the Lionhearts competed in the 2012–13 season of WSB, reaching the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Mexico Guerreros. However, they didn't enter in the following season.

Current squad

Men:

49 kg Galal Yafai

52 kg Will Cawley

52 kg Kiaran MacDonald

56 kg Niall Farrell

56 kg Peter McGrail

60 kg Calum French

64 kg Luke McCormack

64 kg Mickey McDonagh

69 kg Pat McCormack

69 kg Cyrus Pattinson

69 kg Harris Akbar

75 kg Mark Dickinson

81 kg Sammy Lee

91 kg Cheavon Clarke

91 kg Lewis Williams

91 kg Scott Forrest

91+kg Solomon Dacres

91+kg Frazer Clarke

Women:

52 kg Ebonie Jones

60 kg Paige Murney

60 kg Sandy Ryan

64 kg Rosie Eccles

75 kg Natasha Gale

75 kg Lauren Price

References

"Jonas targets third world title bid" – via www.bbc.com.

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