Team GB announce Olympic boxing squad

Team GB person named six boxers that will correspond Great Britain astatine nan 2024 Olympics successful Paris.

Super-heavyweight Delicious Orie, heavyweight Pat Brown, light-middleweight Lewis Richardson, middleweight Chantelle Reid, welterweight Rosie Eccles and bantamweight Charley Davison are each included.

Colchester combatant Richardson was nan past of nan group to qualify, having only secured his spot last week successful Thailand.

Davison, 30, is nan only combatant successful nan squad to person erstwhile Olympic experience.

Davison was knocked retired astatine nan quarter-final shape successful Tokyo 3 years agone but has moved weight from flyweight to bantamweight for Paris.

"Qualifying for a 2nd clip intends a small spot much to me," she said. "I americium a overmuch much knowledgeable boxer now and I cognize what to expect."

Orie, 27, won gold astatine nan Commonwealth Games successful 2022 and is 1 of nan favourites of nan group to unafraid a badge successful Paris.

The Russian-born Briton qualified alongside Davison and Welshwoman Eccles astatine nan 2023 European Games past June.

Eccles won golden alongside Orie astatine nan Commonwealth Games.

The 27-year-old missed retired connected a spot astatine Tokyo 2020 aft contracting coronavirus 3 times earlier nan qualifying process was trim short by nan pandemic.

The boxing squad spell into nan Games pinch large expectations aft nan Tokyo squad returned location pinch six medals, including 2 golds from Galal Yafai and Lauren Price.

"The GB boxers person ever been an important and integral portion of Team GB," Team GB cook de ngo Mark England said.

"The six selected coming bring existent talent, characteristic and characteristic to nan squad and we’re each looking guardant to seeing really they execute astatine nan Games."

Charley Davison – bantamweight (54kg)

Rosie Eccles – welterweight (66kg)

Chantelle Reid – middleweight (75kg)

Lewis Richardson – light-middleweight (71kg)

Pat Brown – heavyweight (92kg)

Delicious Orie – super-heavyweight (92kg+)