Savannah Marshall said yesterday that she was convinced that Commonwealth Games glory can help inspire her to retain her women’s world middleweight title in Jeju City, South Korea, next month.

The Hartlepool 23-year-old shrugged off any lingering fears from her shock first-round loss at the London 2012 Olympics by sweeping to the gold medal in Glasgow this summer.

Marshall admitted she froze under the weight of colossal expectation in London having been crowned Britain’s first women’s world champion only three months earlier.

Intensive work since with performance psychologist Chris Marshall, who works with the GB Boxing squad at the English Institute of Sport, has helped equip her to cope under the inevitable spotlight that comes with heading east as defending champion.

Marshall said: “In two years since I won the world title I have matured mentally and I feel like a completely different person.

“Working with Steve has helped me deal with the pressure of boxing in front of big crowds when so many people are coming to watch you.

“It was a big problem for me after London. I would go to tournaments and count down the days until I was going home, and even in fights I was just hoping it was going to end.

“The way I look at it now I just take each bout at a time and enjoy it. What happened in Glasgow really helped to show that it is working.”

Marshall is one of a five-strong England squad selected for the tournament which starts on November 16 in South Korea.

With Olympic champion Nicola Adams ruled out due to injury, former world and European medallist Lisa Whiteside will get a rare chance to impress in the 51kg category.

Chantelle Cameron moves down to 60kg in the absence of another Olympian, Natasha Jonas, while Stacey Copeland and Sandy Ryan — sister of reigning Commonwealth light-welterweight champion Dave Ryan — complete the team.