Machado is middleweight champ from the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, a 21-year-old on the rise, but Whittaker has extra motivation:
In his debut bout, Whittaker controlled Colombian Jorge Vivas, winning over four of five judges, before a unanimous decision win over Egypt's Abdelrahman Oraby to set up a quarter-final fight with Brazil's Keno Machado. Whittaker is another British boxer who's one fight from a medal.Īnd he's done it in style too, a showman with bags of swag, he told that he was the complete package before the Games, backing up the big talk in Tokyo. Watch: Frazer Clarke (GBR) - Mourad Aliev (FRA) - Men's super heavyweight quarter-final - Sunday 1 August 1:24pm JST (5:24am in Great Britain).īen Whittaker: Quarter-final - Friday 30 July 1:24pm JST (5:24am British time) Next he fights 2019 European Games silver medallist Mourad Aliev from France in the quarter-final, and the 29-year-old is intent on making it a long journey in the Japanese capital, with one eye on No 1 seed Bakhodir Jalolov who could be a medal opponent and looks sharp. When it's time to grit and bite down on the gumshield? I can do that as well," he says. "I dish it out, I've got fast hands, good thinking, good feet, I'm strong, I can really box.
'Big Fraze' took out the Ukraine's Tsotne Rogava 4-1 to stay alive, and backs himself to go all the way, following Anthony Joshua's path by winning the super heavy gold medal. Ten years he's waited for his Olympic debut, and he wasn't going to let the moment, or his opponent, get the better of him. "It's been a long time coming," Frazer Clarke told Sky Sports, after his opening win at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Thursday 29 July. IRIE Sena (JPN) - Women's featherweight semi-final - Saturday 31 July 7:24pm JST (11:24am in GB).įrazer Clarke: Quarter-final - Sunday 1 August 1:24pm JST (5:24am in GB) Hopefully I can go and change the colour of the medal in two days' time," she said. Irie will be Japan's first ever boxing medallist and is out to convince Japanese women that boxing is an option too in a country dominated by judo. She'll face Japan's IRIE Sena on Saturday to determine which colour medal she'll leave with. Her biggest challenge came in fight three against Australia's Skye Nicolson - a 2016 world light welterweight bronze medallist and 2018 Commonwealth Games featherweight champ.Ī brilliant fight, that could have gone either way, was awarded to the GB boxer 3-2, and that result guaranteed her at least bronze. Unanimous decisions in her first two fights against Botswana's Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi and Jucielen Romeu from Brazil established her medal credentials early.
Here's a rundown of all the British boxers still on the path to Olympic glory, when they fight, and who their opponents are: Karriss Artingstall: Semi-final - Saturday 31 July, 7:24pm JST (11:24am in GB)Ģ6-year-old Karriss Artingstall is a 2019 European silver medallist and World bronze medallist, and has gone from strength to strength, taking Tokyo 2020 by storm in her Olympic debut. The other British boxers with Olympic dreams still alive are:įrazer Clarke (Super-heavyweight), Caroline Dubois (Lightweight), Ben Whittaker (Light-heavyweight), Galal Yafai (Flyweight), twins Luke McCormack (Lightweight) and Pat McCormack (Welterweight) are still swinging, as is Lauren Price (Middleweight). Karriss Artingstall (Featherweight) has already guaranteed Team GB a medal by making it all the way to the semi-final on Saturday, meaning that's a bronze in the bag at very least. With Anthony Joshua in their corner supporting and mentoring, this time around Britain sent 11 fighters to Tokyo 2020 and eight are still standing, threatening podium finishes. With 56 Olympic medals, Team GB is the third most successful nation in the history of Olympic boxing, behind only Cuba and the USA. Nicola Adams and Anthony Joshua are national heroes thanks to their Olympic boxing success, and now there's a new generation of British talent in Tokyo ready to make their mark.
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