GB names its team for amateur boxing's World Championships

Great Britain have selected a 12-man team for the World Championships in Azerbaijan later this month. All quarter-finalists will qualify for next year's London Olympics, adding even greater significance to the tournament, which runs from 22nd September until 10th October.

"The squad is in very good shape," said GB Boxing's Performance Director Rob McCracken.

"The Worlds are very much the focus for this year and will be even tougher than normal as it is an Olympic qualifying event," he said. "All of the top nations will have been working to ensure their boxers are in peak condition for this tournament.

"This will be the biggest challenge the boxers have faced so far but, as long as they maintain the standards of performance they have set for themselves this year, they will have every chance of qualifying for London and securing the opportunity to compete on the greatest stage of all."

The selected boxers will spend a week at a training camp in Bugeat, France before flying to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, five days before the competition begins.

Great Britain's team for the 2011 World Championships is as follows:

Charlie Edwards, 49kg, Lynn ABC (London)

Khalid Yafai, 52kg, Birmingham City (Birmingham)

Andrew Selby, 52kg, Splott ABC (Barry)

Luke Campbell, 56kg, St Paul's (Hull)

Martin Ward, 60kg, Repton (London)

Tom Stalker, 64kg, Salisbury (Liverpool)

Josh Taylor, 64kg, Lochend (Edinburgh)

Scott Cardle, 69kg, Kirkham (Lytham)

Fred Evans, 69kg, St Joseph's (Cardiff)

Antony Ogogo, 75kg, Triple A Boxing Club (Lowestoft)

Simon Vallily, 91+kg, South Bank ABC (Middlesbrough)