Karriss Artingstall is categorical that his confrontation with Raven Chapman should be for a new British female featherweight championship.
The Olympic bronze medalist Artingstall fights the world title Challenger Chapman on the Natasha Jonas vs Lauren Price Undercard on March 7 at the Royal Albert Hall, live Sky Sports.
The British Boxing Boxing Board of Control only presented its female championships for the first time in 2023 when Lauren Price beat Kirsty Bavington for the inaugural title in Welterweight.
Artingstall thinks that his fight on March 7 with Chapman is worthy of a British title. “How can’t he be?” She said Sky Sports.
“These are fights that must occur. No 1 and No 2 in Great Britain.”
The artingstall promoter, Ben Shalom, can ask for this fight sanctioned for the British title and he said Sky Sports that he expected to obtain this belt on the line for the Artingstall-Chapman fight.
“I believe it,” said Shalom.
“”[It’s] Probably near a world level fight, “he added.” Raven out of the fight with [WBC champion] Skye Nicolson, Karriss obviously has a victory over Skye in amateurs at the Olympic Games.
“For her to come back and say yes to this fight in this opinion, wanting to enter directly, she deserves a huge amount of credit. This is a big fight.
“I think it gives Karriss the opportunity to jump everyone in the division in this world scene.
“Karriss can show why she is looking in the division and doing an explosive performance. I expect her to do it. She has the song between her teeth and it’s a big fight for the card. “”
Artingstall, which has also boxed and beaten Chapman as an amateur, wants to make its mark on the pros with this competition.
“It’s just good to come back to the mixture. I asked for this fight. It was fought. I’m just happy to be here now. It’s a fight and a name I need to bring myself back In the mixture with the top girls and potentially knocking on the door for the titles of the world.
“It came earlier that everyone expected, I guess, which is a good thing.
“What other fight would make sense on such an incredible map?”
Artingstall added: “We have a little story there. We were boxed. We were together on the GB team, we shared rounds. We know each other quite well. It’s a good fight and C is a requested people.
“I’m going to put the work in the gym plan to be.
“She is just getting out of a defeat, directly in a decent fight. It is useless to play. We do not become younger, we both want to be at the top of our game and at the height of sport. ‘is therefore the fight that was to occur. “
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