The team of eight includes Birmingham lightweight Frankie Gavin, who last year was crowned as Britain's first ever amateur world champion.

 

Gavin, who trained with Amir Khan during his preparations for the Athens Games four years ago when he won a silver medal, said: “It’s a dream come true.

 

"I will hopefully do my country proud.”

 

David Price, a super heavyweight from Liverpool, had already been announced as the team's captain.

 

Price, nicknamed "Dynamite", beat Romania's 2006 world junior champion Cristian Ciocan 15-6 on points in the semi final of the second European Olympic qualifying tournament in Athens recently to qualify for Beijing.

 

He said: "It was an honour to have been chosen as captain by my team mates who I have the utmost respect for and this shows that they have respect for me as well. 

 

"To be going to Beijing is a reward for all the hard work put in over the last seven or eight years.”

 

Other big hopes for success in Beijing are Manchester bantamweight Joe Murray and Durham's light-welterweight Bradley Saunders, bronze medallist at the World Amatuer Championships in Chicago last year.

 

Saunders said: "Qualifying for the Games was up there with the birth of my son Leyton. 

 

"Hopefully I will do him and my family proud and bring back a medal.”

 

Many of the team are expected to turn professional after the Games but one boxer who is set to commit himself to London 2012 is welterweight Billy Joe Saunders, a traveller from Waltham Abbey.

 

At 18, he is the youngest member of the squad.

 

He said: “I can’t wait to go to the Games and get in the ring to box the best in the world. 

 

"I hope to win a medal in Beijing and then another in 2012.”

 

The rest of the squad is completed by flyweight Khalid Yafai, middleweight James DeGale and light-heavyweight Tony Jeffries.

 

Terry Edwards will again be the team leader for the team having been in charge when Audley Harrison won the gold medal in Sydney 2000 and then overseeing the success of Khan in Athens.

 

He said: "I’m now heading off to Beijing with eight boxers which in my experience are the most talented team of GB Boxers in recent years to compete at the Olympic Games. 

 

"My expectations are high and I believe that we can deliver some great performances and if they box to their potential convert these performances to medals.”

 

Simon Clegg, the Chef de Mission for Team GB, said: “I am delighted to welcome these athletes in to Team GB. 

 

"This squad of eight boxers is one of the largest we have had in recent Games and the talent within it is extremely exciting. 

 

"In particular, Frankie Gavin goes into Beijing as the current world champion and I am sure he and the rest of the squad will be looking to continue their recent successes on the Olympic stage.  

 

"The depth of talent within the squad is a testament to the work of Terry Edwards and his coaching team and I wish them well in their preparations for Beijing.”