Chloe Watson (born 13 January 2000) is an English

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. She is a former European female

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champion.

Amateur career

Fighting for Birkenhead Venture Boxing Club, Watson became England Amateur Boxing Association national schools champion in the Class One 40–42 kg category shortly before her 14th birthday. She went on to capture the England Boxing Youth national 51 kg title in March 2017 before becoming England's first ever women's boxing

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medalist by winning gold in the 51 kg category at the event in the Bahamas in July the same year. In April 2019, Watson lost in the England Boxing national championship elite under 51 kg final to Tori-Ellis Willetts.

Professional career

Watson joined the professional boxing ranks in July 2021, signing a promotional deal with Wasserman Boxing. Trained by

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inductee and former world champion,

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, she made her pro debut on 25 November 2021 at

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in London with a points win over Judit Hachbold. Having gone undefeated in her first six fights, Watson took on France's Justine Lallemand for the vacant European female flyweight title in a contest held at the

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in Bolton on 1 December 2023, claiming the belt by unanimous decision. She made the first defense of her title against Jasmina Zapotoczna on an all-female card, headlined by a welterweight world title unification fight between

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and Lauren Price, at the

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in London on 7 March 2025. Watson lost via split decision with one of the ringside judges scoring the contest 97–93 in her favour, but being overruled by his two colleagues who both had it 96–95 for Zapotoczna.

Personal life

Watson has a twin brother named Curtis and is a supporter of Everton.

Professional boxing record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Chloe Living people 2000 births Sportspeople from Birkenhead English women boxers European Boxing Union champions 21st-century English sportswomen