Qais Ashfaq (born 10 March 1993) is a British

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. As an amateur, Ashfaq competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as winning a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Amateur career

He won the 2012 and 2014 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title, when boxing out of the Meanwood ABC and Burmantofts ABC respectively.

Olympic result

Rio 2016 *Round of 32: Defeated by Chatchai-decha Butdee (Thailand) 3–0

European Games result

Baku 2015 *Round of 32: Defeated Georgi Gogatishvili (Georgia) 3–0 *Round of 16: Defeated Selçuk Eker (Turkey) 2–1 *Quarter-finals: Defeated Omar El-Hag (Germany) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated by

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(Belarus) 3–0

Commonwealth Games result

Glasgow 2014 *Round of 16: Defeated Neo Thamahane (Lesotho) 3–0 *Quarter-finals: Defeated

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(Scotland) 3–0 *Semi-finals: Defeated Benson Gicharu (Kenya) 3–0 *Final: Defeated by Michael Conlan (Northern Ireland) 3–0

Professional career

He turned professional in July 2017, signing with Hayemaker Ringstar. He will be trained under Ismael Salas alongside

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, Joe Joyce, and Willy Hutchinson. On 1 February 2018, Ashfaq signed with

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and

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. Ashfaq finally made his professional debut with Jamie Moore and Nigel Travis in his corner on 25 February at the Victoria Warehouse in

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against British boxer Brett Fidoe. Prior to the fight, Fidoe had a record of 8 wins and 44 losses, with only 1 stoppage loss against

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in 2016. Ashfaq dominated the four round bout winning on points. Referee Mark Lyson scored the fight 40–36 for Ashfaq. Ashfaq had his second bout on the Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco card on 21 April at the Echo Arena in

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. After four rounds, Ashfaq defeated Ricky Starkey via a points decision. Referee Michael Alexander scored the bout for Ashfaq. Ashfaq returned on another Amir Khan undercard, this time at the

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on 8 September 2018. He knocked out Gary Austin in the first round. Ashfaq finished the year fighting at the

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in Sheffield on 8 December against Jay Carney. Ashfaq stopped Carney in round 5, recording his second stoppage win.

Professional boxing record

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* * * * * 1993 births Living people English male boxers Bantamweight boxers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Leeds Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain European Games medalists in boxing British sportspeople of Pakistani descent Olympic boxers of Great Britain Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing People educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley {{England-boxing-bio-stub