Ngamba had to wait two years to lace up her gloves, with the coaches limiting her involvement in the gym to just skipping and cardio. But once the middleweight was given her chance, she quickly developed a fearsome reputation.

The 25-year-old has won National Amateur titles in three separate weight classes – the first person to achieve that feat since Natasha Jonas.

GB Boxing wanted to add Ngamba to their ranks for the Olympic programme, even writing a request to the Home Office to grant her citizenship.

“The contract that I needed to sign to get on the [Olympic] programme said you had to be a British citizen,” Ngamba said.

“They couldn’t help me and they had to let me go and it was devastating for me, but I knew that I had been through worse.

“It’s not like I’m messing about here in the UK, I’m willing to work hard for it. I’ve gone through the same pathway that any British citizen kid would do.”

Ngamba’s success in the amateur ranks has led to invitations to train with some of the best in the professional game.

IBF welterweight champion Jonas, former undisputed light-welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron, undisputed super-middleweight champion Savannah Marshall and Olympic gold medallist Lauren Price are among those she has done sparring rounds with.

“These are the role models that I’ve been able to get in the ring with,” Ngamba said.

Ngamba won her Olympic qualifier in Italy in March to secure a quota spot and was named in the Refugee Olympic Team as a result.

The IOC refugee team only select 22 athletes across all sports and she was the first ever boxer in refugee team to qualify for the Games.

“The way I see it is that all those setbacks, coming to the UK, my childhood, the paper situation and my boxing, it just makes me stronger mentally and physically,” Ngamba said.

“I believe I can achieve anything that I put my mind to because I’ve gone through worse with my paper situation.”