There were no surprises in the female selections after all three of the women that medalled at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Boxing Championships in China last month were named in Team GB.

The event in China acted as the sole female qualifier for London 2012, where women's boxing will make its Olympic debut.

Marshall, the 21-year-old middleweight from Hartlepool, proved the standout performer at the World Championships as she won gold to become Britain's first-ever female amateur boxing world champion.

Adam's the 29-year-old flyweight from Leeds, claimed silver while Jonas, the 27-year-old lightweight from Liverpool, picked up bronze to mark a hugely successful competition for Britain.

Ogogo, the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist, and Scottish lightweight Taylor join the men's squad after securing their qualification by virtue of their impressive performances at the final Olympic qualifying event in Turkey in April.

Those selected today join the five male boxers already announced as members of Team GB in December last year after qualifying for the Olympics by virtue of their placement at the 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

They are flyweight Andrew Selby, bantamweight Luke Campbell, light welterweight Tom Stalker, welterweight Fred Evans and super heavyweight Anthony Joshua.


"Since I took over as Performance Director in November 2009, the GB Boxing squad has performed consistently well at major Championships," said Team GB boxing team leader Rob McCracken.

"To secure ten Olympic qualifiers is a very satisfying and a great achievement by the boxers who have all worked hard to secure this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to compete at a home Olympics.

"It is also the result of a lot of hard work by a whole team of people, most notably our coaches and the sports science team from the English Institute of Sport (EIS) who support the boxers inside and outside of the gym, and I would like to thank all of them for their part in helping the boxers to qualify.

"The ten boxers are all a credit to the squad and if they box to their full potential then every one of them has the talent and ability to do well and secure a medal."

Together, the ten boxers now selected to Team GB include one world champion, three European gold medallists and four more World Championship finalists.

Seven of the ten are ranked in the top four in the world in their weight class and there will therefore be a huge amount of expectation on them as they head into London 2012.

McCracken admitted that Marshall perhaps represents Britain's greatest chance of gold in the sport after becoming world champion.

"To have World Championship gold and silver medals at the age of just 21 says everything you need to know about Savannah," he said.

"She is an enormous talent who is still improving and, as long as she continues to work hard and listen to the coaches, she has the potential to achieve whatever she wants in boxing."

Marshall herself admitted that she was just delighted to be named in the team for the Olympic Games.

"I was only 14-years-old when it was announced that the Olympics would be in London so to think that I will be competing in them is quite incredible," she said.

"It is a massive prospect and I am determined to do well so right now I am just focused on training hard, listening to the coaches and doing everything I can to make sure I am in peak condition when the games begin."

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