The FightPost Top Ten British Female Fighters

The FightPost Top Ten British Female Fighters:

1: Chantelle Cameron
2: Natasha Jonas
3: Ellie Scotney
4: Caroline Dubois
5: Lauren Price
6: Sandy Ryan
7: Terri Harper
8: Rhiannon Dixon
9: Nina Hughes
10: Chloe Watson

After a beyond-difficult 2024 for the female side of the sport, 2025 promises a whole lot more. Caroline Dubois and Ellie Scotney have already made an appearance. In different ways, they have impressed. The two Shane McGuigan fighters will almost certainly be fighting each other for the top spots on this list over the next few years. In a years time, you suspect this list will look a whole lot different.

March could be the month that those sweeping changes start to take shape. The latest Boxxer all-female show has three fights that could radically change the whole look of the top ten. But March as a whole is an important month for women’s boxing period.

Boxxer are promoting their show at the Royal Albert Hall as a relaunch of women’s boxing. Caroline Dubois makes a rapid return after her dominant victory over Jessica Camara in January. But the real intrigue lies elsewhere.

Chloe Watson and Jasmina Zapotoczna clash for the European flyweight title. A win for Watson would secure her place in this top ten. But a defeat would undoubtedly see her slide down a few places, especially when Karriss Artingstall and Raven Chapman fight on the same show. But the headline act could trigger plenty of movement in the upper echelons of the list. Lauren Price gets her opportunity at Natasha Jonas, with three world welterweight baubles on the line. Price is favoured to win. But Jonas is a live underdog.

Sandy Ryan gets another chance at Mikaela Mayer at the end of next month. Nina Hughes is another fighter with redemption on her mind. Hughes has been patient, and her rematch with Cherneka Johnson in Australia is make or break for her entire career.

Rhiannon Dixon makes her first appearance since losing her WBO world lightweight title to Terri Harper last September. Dixon returns next month looking to make super-featherweight her new home. Fighting at 130 could be a rewarding move for the Warrington fighter. Another run at a world title can’t be ruled out.

The Top Ten British Female Fighters 11-20:

11: Raven Chapman
12: Karriss Artingstall
13: Emma Dolan
14: Tysie Gallagher
15: Lauren Parker
16: Nicola Hopewell
17: Ramla Ali
18: Shannon Ryan
19: Maisey Rose Courtney
20: Kirstie Bavington

April sees Emma Dolan and Lauren Parker fighting for the British and Commonwealth super-flyweight titles at the York Hall. The winner would be pushing for a place in the top ten. But other fights could push whoever emerges victorious into that top ten sooner rather than later.

By the close of play of this year, I would expect the likes of Tori-Ellis Willets, Shannon Ryan and Maisey Rose Courtney to have moved their careers on. All have been removed from the ranks of the unbeaten in recent times, but they are more than talented enough to come again from those defeats. The Commonwealth flyweight champion Nicola Hopewell could also land herself a big fight if she beats Kate Radomska on March 1st.

Chantelle Cameron still sits at number one, and she will look to get that third fight with Katie Taylor this year. With one win apiece, a trilogy fight seems a natural. But Amanda Serrano looks like getting there first. Cameron might have to be content with a stay-busy fight in the short term, but that third fight with Taylor should finally materialise before the end of 2025. In truth, it has to. Chantelle Cameron is still somewhat underappreciated. That famous win over Katie Taylor never really got the appreciation or the plaudits it truly deserved. But for me, Cameron is still the best British female fighter around and one of the best on the planet, period.

Savannah Marshall is back in a boxing gym, and if she can move around or on from her ‘dispute’ with Boxxer, her return to the sport that is her forte would add some much-needed depth. All she lacks is someone to fight that would expire the masses. There is, of course, a certain American who would do that. Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall need each other in many ways.

But if the promoters invest in women’s boxing, the likes of Shona and Harli Whitwell, Hannah Robinson, Gemma Richardson, and others should secure a golden future for their side of the sport. The talent that will be coming through over the next few years could even top what we have now. But the upcoming generation needs that opportunity to shine under the bright lights. Without it, they will be lost in the shadows. Their sport also. As I have written for Boxing News, what Jane Couch started all those years ago, the modern era should be allowed to finish. Make no mistake, this supposed relaunch of women’s boxing couldn’t have come at a better time.