Tiah-Mai Ayton: A Future Superstar?

Tiah-Mai Ayton: A Future Superstar?

Tiah-Mai Ayton is only 19, and just one fight into her professional career. But there are already thoughts of winning world titles and becoming the youngest-ever undisputed champion of the world.

Ayton beyond impressed on her professional debut in June. A 3rd round demolition of the Hungarian Sara Orszagi in Birmingham. Ayton blew her opponent away with ease. A debut that was difficult to find fault with. If Ayton wanted to make a statement, she did exactly that.

This Saturday night at Rainton Meadows Arena, Houghton-le-Spring, Ayton will have fight number two against the French import Lydie Bialic. Like Orszagi, Bialic hasn’t been stopped in her professional career. Seven fights that have brought her a 3-3-1 resume. Ayton will look to do what she did to Orszagi in June and inflict the first stoppage defeat on her opponent.

“I can’t wait to get in there for my second pro fight,” Ayton says of her fight on Saturday night. “I enjoyed every minute of my debut and hopefully this won’t be any different.” 

Tiah-Mai Ayton is already heavily hyped. A blue-chip prospect that has her promoter Eddie Hearn waxing lyrical about his young star. “Tiah-Mai Ayton is destined to become the next superstar of women’s boxing,” Hearn said when Matchroom announced the signing of Ayton earlier this year.

A five-time National Champion, a World U19 Champion, and an undefeated twenty-one fight amateur career indicate that Hearn might very well have a future superstar on his hands. A professional debut that, in truth, couldn’t have gone any better. Everything points to a golden future for Ayton.

If women’s boxing is to thrive rather than just survive, the female side of the sport badly needs new stars to come through the ranks. Ayton could be everything her sport needs. But for now, and despite all the many plaudits and incredibly lofty ambitions, Ayton will need some degree of patience. But on the evidence of what we saw in June, the only problem might be to hold her back long enough so she can learn her craft properly before the seemingly inevitable assault on world titles.

Photo Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing