Savannah Marshall shines at Queens Cup in Germany: In pictures

By Mark Ashenden

Friday 24 March 2017 12:41, UK

Image: What a 14 months it's been for boxer Savannah Marshall (centre). The Sky Academy Sports Scholar has just come home after winning gold at the Queens Cup
Image: The 24-year-old from Hartlepool was crowned Commonwealth champion last summer. After that, there were a few hurdles to overcome
Image: The world No 1 middlweight lost at the World Championships, missed five months after hand surgery and there was a first-round defeat at the European Championships in Baku
Image: Savannah has received plenty of support though from Sky boxing pundit Johnny Nelson (left), Sky Academy mentor Adam Smith and Sky analyst Spencer Oliver to help her bounce back
Image: After recovering from injury and winning silver at the Feliks Stramm Memorial tournament in Poland earlier in October, things are looking up. Time for Savannah to chill with friends
Image: On to Stralsund in Germany for the Queens Cup. Savannah (right) makes the semi-final and is up against highly-rated 18-year-old Australian Caitlin Parker, mentored by cricket legend Adam Gilchrist
Image: Savannah is in great form and only German, world No 7 and European silver medalist Sarah Scheurich stands in the way of gold
Image: Savannah gets the unanimous decision and wins U75 gold after dominating the final two rounds to silence the noisy locals!
Image: Savannah celebrates with coaches Bob Dillon (left) and Tony Davis (right) and fellow GB champ Chantelle Cameron. Next up, World Championships in Kazakhstan in February - one of only two qualifying events for the Rio Games
Image: Savannah says: "It felt so good to win gold in Germany. I won the tournament last year so retaining my title felt great. In the final I fought the local girl and favourite so you can imagine how happy I was to win"