By James Hicken
RAVEN Chapman is scheduled to fight incumbent WBC featherweight champion Skye Nicolson on the 12th of October on the undercard of Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This will make history as the first female fight on a Riyadh season card and the first female world title fight in the country of Saudi Arabia. So where has Chapman been and what has she done to give herself this historic and monumental opportunity?
Before she stormed onto the professional scene, “The Omen”, had an impressive amateur pedigree winning the England Boxing Novice Championships, the Haringey Box Cup (the largest international tournament in Europe), and the National Elite Championships, becoming the first boxer from Dorset (male or female) to win an elite championship. Chapman is therefore no stranger to making history. She was also part of both the England Boxing and GB boxing set-ups during the run-up to the 2020…
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