# Karriss Artingstall

Karriss Artingstall (born 23 November 1994) is an English professional boxer who is the inaugural British female featherweight champion. As an amateur she won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics, silver at the 2019 European Championships and bronze at the 2019 World Championships.

## Amateur boxing career

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

### 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.
Her first bout of the Olympic featherweight competition came against Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi of Botswana, with Artingstall emerging victorious with a score of 5:0. Following a 5:0 victory against Jucielen Romeu of Brazil, Artingstall advanced to the quarter-finals to defeat Skye Nicolson of Australia (3:2). She lost her semi-final bout against Sena Irie of Japan (3:2) to end the Games with a bronze medal.

## Professional boxing career

Artingstall joined the professional boxing ranks in 2022 signing a promotional deal with Boxxer. She made her pro-debut on 22 June that year at Coventry Skydome defeating Vaida Masiokaite on points in a six-round contest.
She faced Raven Chapman for the inaugural British female featherweight title at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 7 March 2025. Artingstall knocked to Chapman to the canvas in the second round and eventually won via unanimous decision.

## Personal life

Artingstall's partner is welterweight world champion Lauren Price. She is a former member of the Royal Horse Artillery.

## Professional boxing record

| 7 fights | 7 wins | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 0 |
| By decision | 6 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Raven Chapman | UD | 10 | 7 March 2025 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Won the inaugural British female featherweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Lila dos Santos Furtado | PTS | 8 | 20 January 2024 | Echo Arena, Liverpool, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Vanessa Bradford | RTD | 2 (8) | 21 October 2023 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 4 | 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 | |