Lauren Value is aware of precisely what it takes to win an Olympic gold medal. The Welsh star triumphed on the Tokyo Video games in 2021.
She thinks Cindy Ngamba and Chantelle Reid may doubtlessly inherit her mantle as Olympic middleweight champion.
Ngamba, who trains with GB however will field for the refugee crew, and Britain’s Reid, each have their opening bouts at Paris 2024 on Wednesday.
Value, now an expert welterweight, is the reigning WBA world champion however trains on the GB health club in Sheffield and has travelled to France as a sparring associate for each Ngamba and Reid.
“Both of them looked great at the qualifier. Chantelle, she’s got really fast hands. She’s kind of like me really, she’s a bit smaller, but she’s got the speed,” Value advised Sky Sports activities.
“Then you’ve got Cindy on the front foot, she’s got a really good engine as well and she’s got a good boxing brain. Both girls I think they’ve got a great chance.”
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Value obtained an unbelievable reception from followers after turning into Wales’ first feminine boxing world champion
Ngamba has sparred with Value in addition to different world champions like Savannah Marshall, Natasha Jonas and Chantelle Cameron.
Value offers her a glowing evaluation.
“She’s an absolute machine,” she mentioned of Ngamba.
“I believe if she’s at her best there’s a possibility she could win a gold medal definitely. I think that comes down to the experience of controlling your nerves on the big stage and the mental side of believing in yourself.”
Value has an abundance of ability, however her temperament units her aside. That was key to her Olympic success in Tokyo.
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Value claimed the IBO, WBA and Ring Journal welterweight world titles with a dominant win over McCaskill
“That’s the important thing,” Value mentioned. “I remember my semi-final against Nouchka [Fontijn] I lost the first round 3-2 and I think that’s one of the most important things as a boxer – you kind of keep your cool.
“You do not simply come out spherical two and begin charging at them, although you have to win that spherical and choose it up, you have to do it in a wise approach.
“At the higher level especially, a lot of it is the mental side of it. Are you going to control the bout? What shots are you going to score, eye-catchers for the judges? There’s a thought process behind it.
“The primary factor is staying relaxed in these conditions.”
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Value claimed beating McCaskill on factors is the beginning of many extra large nights in Cardiff
After 4 losses for GB, and no wins but at these Olympics, there’s much more stress on their remaining boxers.
All of them have arduous contests as effectively. Reid will field Morocco’s Khadija Mardi at 11.50am on Wednesday. Mardi, who’s dropped right down to 75kgs, was a World champion gold medallist at 81&kgs.
Ngamba is in even deeper. She is going to field the 2022 middleweight World gold medallist Tammara Thibeault of Canada at 4pm.
GB males’s light-middleweight Lewis Richardson will even field on Wednesday. He takes on Serbia’s Russian-born Vakhid Abbasov, a European gold medallist, at 7.45pm.
Value received the Olympic ultimate in Tokyo
Coping with the load of expectation is essential. That was important for Value’s Olympic victory.
“I’ve always had pressure on me. Going into the Olympics, I was world No 1, I was expected to win gold. I had a lot of eyes on me, a lot of pressure on me, I’ve been in those situations a few times,” she mentioned.
“No matter what I achieve in life, I always keep my feet on the ground and you can’t get too far ahead of yourself.
“I might say take every battle because it comes, benefit from the event as effectively. There’s a fantastic crew behind Group GB and boxing relating to assist employees and that, so I am positive everybody will look out for one another. I might say imagine in your self. All of the arduous work’s carried out.
“Just enjoy and when you’re relaxed you perform better.”
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