We are GB Boxing
GB Boxing was established in August 2008 to manage the World Class Programme (WCP) for boxing and ensure the best male and female boxers from England, Scotland and Wales are provided with coaching, support and opportunities to enable them to develop, improve and win medals at major international tournaments and the Olympic Games.
In delivering the WCP, GB Boxing’s primary role is to train and prepare the men and women in its Podium and Academy squads and identify and develop the next generation of boxers and coaches through its performance pathways and coach development activities.
The national governing bodies (NGBs) for boxing of England, Scotland and Wales are represented on the board of GB Boxing along with an independent Chair, the Chief Executive, an athlete representative and five independent directors appointed for their expertise.
GB Boxing is based in a purpose-built training facility at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield and its largest source of funding is a grant from UK Sport, made up of contributions from the National Lottery and the Exchequer. It also receives revenue and value-in-kind contributions from a range of commercial partnerships.
Since it was established in the aftermath of the Beijing 2008, GB Boxing has enjoyed a period of unprecedented success which has seen men and women from the squad win more than 100 medals at major international tournaments, including 16 medals at four Olympic Games. This total is made up of 15 medals for Team GB and one for the Olympic Refugee Team, which was won by Cindy Ngamba who trains with GB Boxing, at Paris 2024.
At London 2012, boxers from the GB Boxing squad won five medals, made-up of golds for Nicola Adams, Luke Campbell and Anthony Joshua, silver for Fred Evans and a bronze for Anthony Ogogo.
Four years later in Rio, Nicola Adams retained her Olympic title with a second gold medal, which was accompanied by a silver for Joe Joyce and bronze for Joshua Buatsi.
Tokyo 2020, which was delayed until 2021 owing to the outbreak of Coronavirus, saw the best performance by a group of boxers from Great Britain at an Olympic Games in more than 100 years, as men and women from the GB Boxing squad won six medals. The tally was made up for golds for Galal Yafai and Lauren Price; silvers for Pat McCormack and Ben Whitaker; and bronze medals for Karriss Artingstall and Frazer Clarke.
At the most recent Games in Paris in 2024, two boxers from the GB Boxing gym made it on to the medal podium as Lewis Richardson won bronze for Team GB and Cindy Ngamba did likewise for the Olympic Refugee Team.
The current squad is preparing for the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 (LA28), which will feature competition at seven weight classes for both men and women.
