Between
1968 and 2000 Great Britain had no Olympic gold medal winners to speak of. Then
came Audley Harrison.
Say what
you will (and most don't have much good to say) about Audley, but he was the
start of a successful era of British amateurs, with David Haye (2001 World
Championships silver), Carl Froch (2001 World Championships bronze), Amir Khan
(2004 Olympic silver), Frankie Gavin (first ever Brit to win World
Championships gold - 2007), James DeGale (2008 Olympic gold) and David Price
(2008 Olympic bronze) all achieving notable measures of success at the highest
level, with most going on to have successful professional careers.
Following
on from those names come Anthony Joshua, Luke Campbell and Andrew Selby, who
each took home a silver medal from last years World Championships in
Azerbaijhan.
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