Coach Edwards salutes his side after European Union Championships

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World champion Frankie Gavin, David Price, Billy Joe Saunders and Thomas Stalker all clinched gold while three more silver medals made the British team the most successful at the championships.

Edwards said: 'All the boys boxed very well and got some valuable competition as they continue to build up towards the Olympic Games. We are delighted with the way things are going.'

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Frankie Gavin (pictured here after beating Italian Domenico Valentino in November) picked up the best boxer award

Gavin, who will boil back down to the lightweight limit in time for Beijing, won the light-welterweight title with a 16-4 win over Gyula Kate of Hungary which also earned him the best boxer of the tournament award.

And Edwards insisted the Birmingham's man weight issues would not affect his status as the favourite heading into the Olympics.

Edwards added: 'A lot of boxers fluctuate in weight and we have a strategy for Frankie to deal with that. He will start taking off the kilos now and he will be ready for China.'

Teenager Saunders won the welterweight title with a 19-6 win over Dieter Doehl of Germany, super-heavy Price enjoyed a final walkover against Hungary's Istvan Bernath, and Stalker, who is not going to the Olympics, won the lightweight title with a 24-10 Miklos Varga.

And the impressive Irish team matched Britain's haul of four golds as John Joe Nevin, David Joyce, Kenneth Egan and Darren Sutherland - who edged his latest showdown with rival James Degale - all won their respective divisions.