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Ruby White has taken inspiration from Lauren Price as the teenage amateur boxer racked up 60 straight wins

Sixty wins in a row. 

What does losing even feel like? You can allow yourself a little smirk, a swagger as you stroll to the ring. This will be easy again, won't it?

Not Ruby White. This winning machine, this world champion will seek out her 61st straight victory this weekend with the same steely caution.

"I actually do believe it will be my hardest fight ever, because I do get nervous," she told Sky Sports.

"But that means I care."

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White is an elite talent in Britain's amateur ranks. A World Under-19 champion, she is also a four-time European champion, a six-time national champion, and is currently being assessed for a coveted role in Team GB's senior squad.

Shaun Weeks, her long-time trainer at Sturminster Newton ABC, has unwavering belief in the ability of White. And so he should. After a few hours of training, Weeks had seen glimpses of blurring hand speed and stinging power.

"The first time she ever came into my gym as a seven-year-old, at the end of the session I did announce to everyone, 'If I can keep this girl interested in boxing, I will make her a champion.'

"In Britain [she's one of the best], in Europe, maybe the world.

"She will go all the way, without a doubt."

Over 500 female boxers gathered in Sweden for The Golden Girl Championship in January. Only one would be singled out as the overall champion - Ruby White.

"Every year out of the elite seniors, the judging panel chooses who they think is the best boxer in the tournament," said Weeks.

"She went over there six years ago and that was her goal then. After she had won her first gold medal there as a 12-year-old, she said: 'One day I want to come back and be the 'Golden Girl,' and she did it at the first attempt."

Lauren Price knows all about golden glory. The 2020 Olympic gold medallist and unified world welterweight champion still fine tunes her whirring fists at the Team GB HQ in Sheffield, offering a tutorial to rising pupils such as White who sneak a few glances in Sheffield.

"She's one of those people you can ask about anything, she's great," said White. "She's won gold, she's come on and made moves in the pro ranks and I definitely look up to her and want to follow in her footsteps.

"You can see similarities in it [our styles]. We're both hard hitters."

White appears diminutive at 5′ 1″ tall, but this Ruby has sharp edges. She ruthlessly advanced with stoppages at the World U19 Championships and won gold by disqualification after an overpowered opponent desperately clung on for too long in the final.

"She's boxed internationally 28 times," said Weeks. "She's won all 28 and I think she's stopped 17 of them."

Stalbridge, the smallest town in Dorset, is an unlikely home for a World Boxing Champion. It became even smaller for White who struggled with life as the returning hero returned to normality.

"Going from such a high adrenaline rush from when you're competing to coming home, I wouldn't say I had depression but from winning the Worlds, I went through a massive struggle with me thinking, what else am I going to do that is going to give me that high that the world championships gave me?"

Her close bond with Weeks had been at breaking point before the tournament.

"That was the mental strain and it came down to the pressure. You take it out on those closest to you," Weeks explained. "We soon made up afterwards."

White, sipping a complex cocktail of coffee ahead of her latest Team GB trial, acknowledges the importance of having an extended 'family' at her boxing club.

She told Sky Sports: "From me sticking at it, keep training and keep showing up on the days I didn't want to, has brought me all those victories."

Two years on from that world gold medal and she wants more. The 2028 Olympics Games in Los Angeles has always been 'the dream' but the Senior National Championships comes first later this month.

"Going in as a fresh 19-year-old to the Seniors there might be a couple of losses this year or going down the ranks, but the amateurs is all about experience for when you turn over pro.

"Boxing has really shaped me into the woman I am today. It's made me very respectful and very determined."

What about win 61?

It could come this Saturday in Sturminster Newton.

(c) Sky Sports 2026: Ruby White has taken inspiration from Lauren Price as the teenage amateur boxer racked up 60 straight wins

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