Raven Chapman


Raven Chapman is an English professional boxer. She has held the WBC female featherweight International title and also challenged for the WBC female featherweight World title.

Career

After an amateur career which included winning the 2016 England Boxing National Amateur Championships elite female featherweight title and representing England on the international stage, Chapman turned professional in 2021. She made her pro-debut on 25 September that year with a fifth-round stoppage win over Polina Golubeva in Sheffield.
February 2022 saw Chapman sign a promotional deal with International Boxing Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren. Her maiden fight under Warren's Queensbury Promotions banner was a first-round knockout of Gabriella Mezei at York Hall in London on 20 May 2022.
In just her fourth professional contest, Chapman beat former world champion Jorgelina Guanini via unanimous decision to claim the vacant WBC female featherweight International title on the undercard of the Joe Joyce vs Joseph Parker clash at Manchester Arena on 24 September 2022.
Chapman successfully defended her title three times in 2023, with unanimous decision wins over ex-world champion Linda Laura Lecca on 25 March, unbeaten Lila dos Santos Furtado on 18 August and Lucie Sedlackova on 1 December.
She retained her belt for a fourth time by defeating unbeaten Yohana Sarabia via unanimous decision on the undercard of the Joe Joyce vs Derek Chisora contest at The O2 Arena in London on 27 July 2024, with the three ringside judges all scoring the fight 100-90.
Having been named mandatory challenger earlier in the year, Chapman fought WBC female featherweight World title holder Skye Nicolson at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 October 2024, in what was the first women's world title boxing fight held in Saudi Arabia, and the first women’s bout to feature on a Riyadh Season show. Nicolson won by unanimous decision, inflicting the first loss of Chapman's professional career.
Chapman faced Karriss Artingstall for the inaugural British female featherweight title at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 7 March 2025. She was knocked to the canvas in the second round and, although she recovered to finish the bout, lost via unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
10Loss9–2Karriss ArtingstallUD107 Mar 2025Royal Albert Hall, London, EnglandFor inaugural British female featherweight title
10Loss9–1Skye NicolsonUD1012 Oct 2024Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaFor WBC female featherweight World title
9Win9–0Yohana SarabiaUD1027 Jul 2024The O2 Arena, London, EnglandRetained WBC female featherweight International title
8Win8–0Lucie SedlackovaUD1012 Dec 2023York Hall, London, EnglandRetained WBC female featherweight International title
7Win7–0Lila dos Santos FurtadoUD1018 Aug 2023York Hall, London, EnglandRetained WBC female featherweight International title
6Win6–0Linda Laura LeccaUD1025 Mar 2023Telford International Centre, Telford, EnglandRetained WBC female featherweight International title
5Win5–0Fatuma YaziduUD812 Nov 2022Yume Nightclub, Dubai
4Win4–0Jorgelina GuaniniUD824 Sep 2022Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon vacant WBC female featherweight International title
3Win3–0Gabriella MezeiKO1 20 May 2022York Hall, London, England
2Win2–0Karina SzmalenbergPTS613 Nov 2021Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
1Win1–0Polina GolubevaTKO5 25 Sep 2021OEC Sheffield, Sheffield, England