Team GB has a half dozen of quality boxers in the Paris Olympics

Great Britain has a smaller team in the Paris Olympic Games in boxing but all of their six qualified boxers are medal favourites in France.

Team Great Britain prepared for the Olympics with various international competitions such as the GB Open in Sheffield, the US International Invitational Tournament in Pueblo, the Gee Bee Tournament in Helsinki and the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem.

Great Britain qualified three boxers to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games through the last European Games one year ago: Charley Davison (women’s 54kg), the Welsh Rosie Eccles (women’s 66kg) and Delicious Orie (men’s +92kg).

Following the 1^st and 2^nd World Olympic Boxing Qualifying Events in Busto Arsizio and in Bangkok, Great Britain qualified six boxers for the Paris Olympics. Their Cindy Ngamba also trains in the United Kingdom but he will represent the Boxing Refugee Team in the Olympic Games.

Charley Davison returned to the squad in time to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics and she repeated that performance to compete in her second Games in Paris.

Rosie Eccles finally bagged the title at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the Welsh girl is another medal contender at the women’s welterweight (66kg).

A former Youth World bronze medallist, Chantelle Reid returned to the sport after seven years of break and she was not only selected to represent Team GB at the women’s middleweight (75kg) in Busto Arsizio but she qualified for the Games.

One of their most experienced male boxers, the European silver medallist 27-year-old Lewis Richardson, moved down to the light middleweight (71kg) and he won all of his contests in Bangkok to secure his spot for Paris.  

Patrick Brown is a new heavyweight (92kg) boxer in the team who amazed at the Tammer Tournament, and the Bocskai Memorial before he achieved his quota for Paris in Busto Arsizio.

The Nigerian-descent Delicious Orie joined the national team in 2021 and he had the progress to win the super heavyweight (+92kg) in the recent European Games.