Welcome to England Boxing’s home page for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Here you can find previews with some of the 11 boxers flying the flag for Team GB – 10 of whom have progressed through the England Talent Pathway – profiles and the boxing tournament schedule, including when our athletes will feature.
Day-by-day reports
Day one: Gunner Artingstall ‘switched on’ to help GB begin with a bang
Day two: GB’s Whittaker, Davison and McCormack all progress
Day 10: No boxing – rest day.
Previews
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Countdown to Tokyo: Artingstall’s journey from teenage tearaway to army gunner and Olympic boxer
Countdown to Tokyo: Galal Yafai’s club coach on Bimingham boxer’s development
Countdown to Tokyo: McGrail determined to make sacrifices worth it with Olympic success
Countdown to Tokyo: coach Joby Clayton on Ben Whittaker’s career progress
Background to Tokyo
While the 11-strong team – 10 of whom have come through the England Boxing Talent Pathway – won’t overhaul the 14 medal-best (five gold, five silver, four bronze) the London 1908 squad claimed, they are out to beat the five medals won at Melbourne 1956 and London 2012, which represent their best boxing hauls in the last 100 years.
All those pulling on GB colours qualified via the European Qualifying tournament, which was partly held in London in March 2020 and completed in Paris in June 2021.
They are pictured above with support staff and boxers who have travelled to help with sparring and preparations.
“There is huge amount of strength and talent among the boxers selected to Team GB for the Tokyo Olympic Games and their impressive performances in Paris last month demonstrate how deserving they all are of their selection,” said Team GB Chef de Mission for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Mark England.
“We are very proud of Team GB’s history in boxing at the Olympic Games and it was a real honour to welcome this exciting group to Team GB.
“As a sport that has delivered so many exciting, medal winning performances at the Olympic Games, there is no doubt that Tokyo will be a very special opportunity for these athletes to write their own piece of Team GB history.”
Boxing Team Leader and GB Boxing’s Performance Director, Rob McCracken added: “To qualify 11 boxers is a fantastic achievement especially as the boxers only had one competitive opportunity to earn a place at the Tokyo Olympics.
“The last 12 months has been very challenging for us all but the coaches and support staff have done a great job of preparing the team and the boxers have delivered when it matters most.
“This is a very talented group with quite a lot of experience and provided they continue to prepare well, work hard and listen to the coaches they have every chance of being successful at the Olympic Games.”
Great Britain will be represented in the tournament by the following boxers (seven male, four female), detailed in alphabetical order.
The GB Boxing Squad
Karriss Artingstall
Age: 26.
Club: Army Boxing Association.
Weight: Featherweight (Under 57kg).
Successes at Elite level: World Championships 2019 bronze, European Championships 2019 silver, England Boxing National Championships 2018 gold.
Cheavon Clarke
Age: 30.
Club: Gravesham (Southern Counties).
Weight: Heavyweight (Under 91kg).
Successes at Elite level: European Games 2019 bronze, Commonwealth Games 2018 bronze, EU Championships 2018 bronze, European Championships 2017 silver, England Boxing National Championships 2017 and 2016 gold.
Frazer Clarke
Age: 29.
Club: Burton (East Midlands).
Weight: Super Heavyweight (Over 91kg)
Successes at Elite level: Commonwealth Games 2018 gold, EU Championships 2018 gold, European Championships 2017 silver, EU Championships 2014 gold, England Boxing National Championships 2015 gold and 2014 and 2012 silver.
Charley Davison
Age: 27.
Club: Attleborough (Eastern Counties).
Weight: Flyweight (Under 51kg).
Successes at Elite level: England Boxing National Championships 2019 gold.
Caroline Dubois
Age: 20.
Club: Repton (London).
Weight: Lightweight (Under 60kg).
Successes at Elite level: First major tournament at Elite level.
Luke McCormack
Age: 26.
Club: Birtley (Tyne, Tees and Wear).
Weight: Lightweight (Under 63kg).
Successes at Elite level: Commonwealth Games 2018 bronze, EU Championships 2018 gold, European Championships 2017 silver, England Boxing National Championships 2017 and 2015 gold.
Successes at Elite level: European Games 2019 bronze.
Pat McCormack
Age: 26.
Club: Birtley (Tyne, Tees and Wear).
Weight: Welterweight (Under 69kg).
Successes at Elite level: World Championships 2019 silver, European Games 2019 gold, Commonwealth Games 2018 gold, EU Championships 2018 gold, European Championships 2017 and 2015 silver, England Boxing National Championships 2015 and 214 gold.
Peter McGrail
Age: 25.
Club: Everton Red Triangle (Merseyside and Cheshire).
Weight: Featherweight (Under 57kg).
Successes at Elite level: World Championships 2019 and 2017 bronze, European Games 2019 bronze, Commonwealth Games 2018 gold, EU Championships 2018 silver, European Championships 2017 gold, England Boxing National Championships 2016 gold and 2015 silver.
Lauren Price
Age: 27.
Club: Pontypool (Wales).
Weight: Middleweight (Under 75kg).
Successes at Elite level: World Championships 2019 gold and 2017 bronze, European Games 2019 gold, Commonwealth Games 2018 gold and 2014 bronze, European Championships 2018, 2016 and 2011 bronze.
Ben Whittaker
Age: 24.
Club: Firewalker (Midlands).
Weight: Light-heavyweight (Under 81kg).
Successes at Elite level: World Championships 2019 bronze, European Games 2019 silver, EU Championships 2018 gold, England Boxing National Championships 2017 and 2016 gold.
Galal Yafai
Age: 28.
Club: Birmingham City (Midlands).
Weight: Flyweight (Under 52kg).
Successes at Elite level: European Games 2019 bronze, Commonwealth Games 2018 gold, European Championships 2017 silver.
Venue and schedule
Boxing has the honour of being hosted at Tokyo’s Kokugikan Arena, which is the spiritual home of Japan’s national sport of sumo wrestling.
Below are detailed below the schedule details, as provided by Olympics.com. Note that times are Tokyo times, which is eight hours ahead of the UK. Timings are an estimate and may be subject to change.
Saturday 24th July 2021
11am start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Women’s Welter (64-69kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32.
5pm start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32, including Karriss Artingstall (Army) GB v Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi BOT – 5.15pm (9.15am UK Time). Artingstall wins 5-0.
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32, including Peter McGrail (Everton Red Triangle) GB v Chatchai Butdee THA – 6pm (10am UK Time). Butdee wins 5-0.
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32.
Sunday 25th July 2021
11am start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32, including Ben Whittaker (Firewalker) GB v Jorge Luis Vivas Palacios COL – 2.25pm (6.25am UK Time). Whittaker wins 4-1.
5pm start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32, including Charley Davison (Attleborough) GB v Rabab Cheddar MAR – 6pm (10am UK Time). Davision wins 5-0.
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32, including Luke McCormack (Birtley) GB v Manish Kaushk IND – 6.30pm (10.30am UK Time). McCormack wins 4-1.
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32.
Monday 26th July 2021
11am start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Karriss Artingstall (Army GB) v Jucielen Romeu BRA –7.35pm (11.35am UK time). Artingstall wins 5-0.
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32, including Galal Yafai (Birmingham City) GB v Koryun Soghomonyan ARM – 5.15pm (9.15am UK Time). Yafai wins by RSC.
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32.
5pm start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32.
Tuesday 27th July 2021
11am start
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32, including Caroline Dubois (Repton) GB v Donjeta Sadiku KOS – 1.25pm (5.25am UK Time). Dubois wins 5-0.
Women’s Welter (64-69kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Pat McCormack (Birtley) v Necat Ekinci TUR or Aliaksandr Radzionau BLR – 11am (3am UK Time). McCormack wins 5-0.
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16.
5pm start
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 32
Women’s Welter (64-69kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Cheavon Clarke (Gravesham) GB v Abner Teixeira BRA – 6.15pm (10.15am UK Time).
Wednesday 28th July 2021
11am start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Quarterfinals, including Karriss Artingstall (Army) GB v Skye Nicolson AUS – 5pm (9am UK time). Artingstall wins 3-2.
Women’s Middle (69-75kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Lauren Price (Pontypool) GB v Myagmarjargal Munkhbat MGL – 11.30am (3.30am UK Time). Price wins 5-0.
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Ben Whittaker (Firewalker) GB v Abdelrahman Salah Orabi EGY – 2.25pm (6.25am UK time). Whittaker wins 5-0.
5pm start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Quarterfinals
Women’s Middle (69-75kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16.
Thursday 29th July 2021
11am start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Frazer Clarke (Burton) GB v Tsotne Rogava UKR – 12.30pm (4.30am UK Time). Clarke wins 4-1.
5pm start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Charley Davison (Attleborough) GB v Yuang Chang CHN – 7.50pm (11.50am UK time). Chang wins 5-0.
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16.
Friday 30th July 2021
11am start
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16 – including Caroline Dubois (Repton) GB v Rashida Ellis USA – 11.30am (3.30am UK time). Dubois wins 3-0.
Women’s Welter (64-69kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Quarterfinals – including Pat McCormack (Birtley) GB v Bobo-Usmon Baturov UZB – 12.30pm (4.30am UK time). McCormack wins 4-1.
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Quarterfinals.
5pm start
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Women’s Welter (64-69kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Quarterfinals, including Ben Whittaker GB (Firewalker) v Keno Machado BRA – 1.20pm (5.20am UK time). Whittaker wins 3-2.
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Quarterfinals.
Saturday 31st July 2021
11am start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Semifinals
Women’s Middle (69-75kg) – Quarterfinals, including Lauren Price (Pontypool) GB v Atheyna Bylon PAN – 1pm (3am UK time). Price wins 5-0.
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Galal Yafai (Birmingham City) GB v Patrick Chinyemba ZAM – 5.15pm (9.15am UK time). Yafai wins 3-2.
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16, including Luke McCormack (Birtley) GB v Andy Cruz CUB – 6pm (UK time 10am UK time). Cruz wins 5-0.
5pm start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Semifinals, including Karriss Artingstall (Army) GB v Sena Irie JAP – 7.20pm (11.20am UK time). Irie wins 3-2.
Women’s Middle (69-75kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Preliminaries – Round of 16.
Sunday 1st August 2021
11am start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Semifinals, including Pat McCormack (Birtley) GB v Aidan Walsh IRE – 12pm (4am UK time). McCormack wins by walkover.
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Semifinals, including Ben Whittaker (Firewalker) GB v Imam Khataev ROC – 12.50pm (4.50am UK time). Whittaker wins 4-1.
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) – Quarterfinals, including Frazer Clarke (Burton) GB v Mourad Aliev FRA – 1.20pm (5.20am UK time). Clarke wins by DSQ.
5pm start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Semifinals
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Semifinals
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) – Quarterfinals.
Tuesday 3rd August 2021
11am start
Women’s Feather (54-57kg) – Final
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Quarterfinals, including Caroline Dubois (Repton) GB v Sudaporn Seesondee THA – 12.50pm (4.50am UK time). Seesondee wins 3-2.
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Quarterfinals, including Galal Yafai (Birmingham City) GB v Yosbany Veitia CUB – 5.30pm (9.30am UK time). Yafai wins 4-1.
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Semifinals
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Semifinals.
5pm start
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Semifinals
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Quarterfinals
Men’s Welter (63-69kg) – Final, including Pat McCormack (Birtley) GB v Roniel Iglesias CUB – 7pm (11am UK time). Iglesias wins 5-0.
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Semifinals.
Wednesday 4th August 2021
2pm start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Semifinals
Women’s Welter (64-69kg) – Semifinals
Men’s Light Heavy (75-81kg) – Final, including Ben Whittaker (Firewalker) GB v Arlen Lopez CUB – 3.30pm (7.30am UK time). Lopez wins 4-1.
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) – Semifinals, including Frazer Clarke (Burton) GB v Bakhodir Jalolov UZB – 3pm (7am UK time). Jalolov wins by RSC (injury, third round).
Thursday 5th August 2021
2pm start
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Semifinals
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Semifinals, including Galal Yafai (Birmingham City) GB v Saken Bibossinov KAZ – 2.45pm (6.45am UK time). Yafai wins 3-2.
Men’s Feather (52-57kg) – Final
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Semifinals.
Friday 6th August 2021
2pm start
Women’s Middle (69-75kg) – Semifinals, including Lauren Price (Pontypool) GB v Nouchka Fontijn NED – 2pm (6am UK time). Price wins 3-2, following countback.
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Semifinals
Men’s Heavy (81-91kg) – Final.
Saturday 7th August 2021
2pm start
Women’s Fly (48-51kg) – Final
Women’s Welter (64-69kg) – Final
Men’s Fly (48-52kg) – Final, including Galal Yafai (Birmingham City) GB v Carlo Paalam (PHI) – 2pm (6am UK time).
Men’s Middle (69-75kg) – Final.
Sunday 7th August 2021
Women’s Light (57-60kg) – Final
Women’s Middle (69-75kg) – Final, including Lauren Price (Pontypool) GB v Li Qian (CHN) – 2.45pm (6.45am UK time). Price wins 5-0.
Men’s Light (57-63kg) – Final
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) – Final.
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Live coverage
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