Karriss Artingstall
Born (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994
Macclesfield
NationalityEnglish
Statistics
Weight(s)Featherweight
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights4
Wins4
Medal record
Women's amateur boxing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoFeatherweight
Representing  England
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Ulan-UdeFeatherweight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 AlcobendasFeatherweight

Karriss Artingstall (born 23 November 1994)[2] is an English professional boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics, silver at the 2019 European Championships and bronze at the 2019 World Championships. She is a former member of the Royal Horse Artillery.[3][4]

Boxing career

At national level, Artingstall won gold medals at the 2012 and 2013 Junior Championships and the 2018 Elite Championships.[5]

In 2019 she won a silver medal at the European Championships, defeating Mona Mestiaen of France (5:0) in the preliminaries; Jennifer Fernández Romero of Spain (5:0) in the quarter-finals; Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria (5:0) in the semi-finals; before losing to Irma Testa of Italy (0:5) in the final.[6]

She then won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships, defeating Yarisel Ramirez of the United States (5:0), Jo Son-hwa of North Korea (3:0), and Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan (5:0) in the preliminaries; Yodgoroy Mirzaeva of Uzbekistan (5:0) in the quarter-finals; before losing to eventual winner Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines (4:1) in the semi-finals.[7]

2020 Olympics

In a bid to secure a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Artingstall competed in the 2020 European Olympic Qualifiers. She won her first bout, defeating Helina Bruyevich of Bulgaria (5:0) in the preliminaries but suffered defeat against Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria (1:4) in the quarter-finals. Artingstall was able to secure her place after defeating Stephanie Thour of Sweden (5:0) in a box-off.[8]

Her first bout of the Olympics came against Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi of Botswana, with Artingstall emerging victorious with a score of 5:0.[9] Following a 5:0 victory against Jucielen Romeu of Brazil, Artingstall advanced to the quarter-finals to defeat Skye Nicolson of Australia (3:2).[10][11] She lost her semi-final bout against Sena Irie of Japan (3:2) to secure a featherweight bronze medal.[12]

Personal life

Artingstall's partner is middleweight boxer and fellow southpaw Lauren Price.[13][14]

Professional boxing record

4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By decision 4 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
5 Win 4–0 Jade Taylor PTS 8 27 May 2023 Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, England
3 Win 3–0 Linzi Buczynskyj PTS 6 25 Mar 2023 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
2 Win 2–0 Marina Sakharov PTS 6 15 Oct 2022 O2 Arena, London, England
1 Win 1–0 Vaida Masiokaite PTS 6 25 Jun 2022 Coventry Skydome, Coventry, England

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing record for Karriss Artingstall". BoxRec.
  2. ↑ "Boxing ARTINGSTALL Karriss - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Macclesfield featherweight Artingstall fires chilling warning shot to rivals". 27 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Gunning for Gold".
  5. ↑ Halfpenny, Matt (29 August 2020). "10 great female England Boxing National Junior champions - part one". England Boxing. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Feather (57 kg) Draw Sheet
  7. ↑ AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships 2019 – Draw sheet
  8. ↑ European Boxing Road to Tokyo qualifier – Draw Sheet
  9. ↑ Dielhenn, James (24 July 2021). "Karriss Artingstall wins Team GB's first Olympic fight but Peter McGrail is eliminated". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Karriss Artingstall defeats Jucielen Romeu to reach quarter-finals and Galal Yafai stops Koryun Soghomonyan at Tokyo Olympic Games". Sky Sports. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Team GB Olympic roundup: Karriss Artingstall secures at least boxing bronze". The Guardian. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Karriss Artingstall defeated by Sena Irie but receives bronze and Lauren Price guarantees another medal at Tokyo Games". Sky Sports. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "Tokyo Olympics: Lauren Price targets more Olympic success after boxing gold". BBC. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "These two Olympic medalists confirmed their love with this cute, casual photo". 19 August 2021.
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