68 fights unbeaten – now teenager White is aiming for goldFigure caption, West country boxer makes Commonwealth debutBySophie Hurcom, BBC Sport England, West and Jack Killah, BBC Radio SomersetPublished47 minutes agoDespite a run of 68 fights undefeated across her fledgling career, teenage boxer Ruby White was far from expecting a Commonwealth Games call-up when the phone rang.The 19-year-old had “no clue” when Rob McCracken, performance director of GB Boxing who has trained Anthony Joshua and Carl Froch, wanted to speak to her earlier this summer.”I was dog sitting at the time,” White told BBC Radio Somerset.”One of my coaches, Ben Stewart, he text me and mentioned, ‘Let me know when you’ve got off the phone to Rob [McCracken]’ and I thought ‘Oh gosh, why is Rob calling me, am I in trouble?'”White only joined the Great Britain Boxing academy in May but has been rising through the amateur and junior ranks since she started boxing aged seven. Her 5ft 1in stature has earned her the nickname the ‘Pocket Rocket’ and among her accolades are seven national championships, four European titles for England and the under-19 world title in 2024 among her unbroken list of victories.In February she clinched the Golden Girls Boxing Cup in Sweden, a competition where more than 500 female boxers from all over the world took part. When selection to compete in Glasgow came, White mentioned she did not think she had ever been so happy in her life.”[Rob] called me and I was like, ‘You’re lying, there’s no way’ and he was like ‘You’re young and you’re hungry and we know you can do well’. I was ecstatic,” she mentioned.The carpenter aiming for Commonwealth boxing glory
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