News Team GB’s youngest fighter has been confirmed among the 12 British boxers who will be coming to Rio Booking his place with a gold medal at a qualification event in Turkey this April, flyweight Muhammad Ali is looking to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee at his first Olympic Games Ali's legendary namesake passed away last month (3 June) Speaking to the Daily Express before competing at the European Games in Baku last year, he said: "I know I share my name with an all-time great I've always looked up to him "He was a good human being He said what he believed in And I really respect that about him I have watched all his fights " Hailing from the same gym as Olympian Amir Khan, Ali has been lauded for possessing the same lethal hand speed that carried Khan to a silver medal in Athens 12 years ago Khan has tipped the young pretender to go one better than him in Rio Team GB's 12 fighters for Rio 2016 line up for the camera (Photo: Getty Images/Nigel Roddis) Ali already has international experience He competed at the Youth Olympic Games and picked up a silver medal at the AIBA Youth World Championships in 2014 Despite the possibility of facing the only two opponents who have already beaten him – Bulgaria's Daniel Asenov and Cuban Yosvany Veitia – the young man with the most famous name in boxing is confident he can come out on top in Rio "I have nothing to fear," he told the Bury Times "I know I have two defeats on my record against two of my possible opponents, but one of those fights had to be stopped because I got cut after a clash of heads, and the other I was told a week before the bout I would be fighting and still only lost by one point against the Cuban world champion "