Karriss Artingstall is adamant that her conflict with Raven Chapman must be for a brand new British girls’s featherweight championship.
Olympic bronze medallist Artingstall fights world title challenger Chapman on the Natasha Jonas vs Lauren Worth undercard on March 7 on the Royal Albert Corridor, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
The British Boxing Board of Management solely launched their girls’s championships for the primary time in 2023 when Lauren Worth beat Kirstie Bavington for the inaugural title at welterweight.
Artingstall believes her March 7 struggle with Chapman is worthy of a British title. “How can it not be?” she instructed Sky Sports activities.
“These are fights that need to be happening. No 1 and no 2 in Britain.”
Artingstall’s promoter Ben Shalom can request to have that struggle sanctioned for the British title and he instructed Sky Sports activities that he anticipated to get that belt on the road for the Artingstall-Chapman bout.
“I believe so,” Shalom mentioned.
“[It’s] probably near enough a world level fight,” he added. “Raven coming off the fight with [WBC champion] Skye Nicolson, Karriss obviously has a win over Skye in the amateurs at the Olympics.
“For her to return again and say sure to this struggle on this discover, desirous to go straight in, she deserves an enormous quantity of credit score. It is an ideal struggle.
“I think it gives Karriss the opportunity to sort of leapfrog everyone in the division into that world scene.
“Karriss can present why she’s the one to look at within the division and placed on an explosive efficiency. I count on her to. She’s obtained the bit between her tooth and it is an ideal, nice struggle for the cardboard.”
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Karriss Artingstall beat Jade Taylor comfortably to maneuver her to 4-0 as a professional
Artingstall, who additionally boxed and beat Chapman as an newbie, needs to make her mark on the professionals with this contest.
“It’s just good to get back in the mix. I asked for this fight. It’s been delivered. I’m just happy to be here now. It’s a fight and a name that I need to get me back in the mix with the top girls and potentially knocking on the door for world titles. So I’m just chuffed to be here,” she mentioned.
“It’s come sooner than what everyone expected, I suppose, which is a good thing.
“What different struggle would make sense on such an unimaginable card?”
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Artingstall added: “We’ve got a bit of history there. We’ve boxed each other. We were on Team GB together, we’ve shared rounds. We know each other pretty well. It’s a good fight and it’s one people have asked for.
“I am going to put the work in within the gymnasium and I will be able to go. Clearly I consider I win the struggle. Like I mentioned I’ve obtained my sights set on being one of the best within the weight division and that is the place I plan to be.
“She’s just come off the back of a loss, straight into a decent fight. There’s no point messing around. We’re not getting any younger, we both want to be at the top of our game and at the pinnacle of the sport. So this is the fight that needed to happen.”
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