Alice Pumphrey
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| Born | 2 May 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Light-flyweight, Flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | The Purge Boxing Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alice Pumphrey (born 2 May 2006) is an English amateur boxer. She won the gold medal in the 51 kg category at the 2024 World Boxing Under-19 Championships. Pumphrey is also the first English female boxer to win gold at the European Schools, Junior and Youth Championships.
Career
A talented footballer, Pumphrey signed an academy contract with Manchester United at the age of 11, before switching to boxing.[1][2]
She won the gold medal in the 48 kg division at the 2019 European Schools Boxing Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia,[3] and repeated the feat at the 2022 European Junior Boxing Championships in Montesilvano, Italy, this time in the 50 kg category.[4]
Pumphrey completed a hat-trick of continental titles by winning the 50 kg gold at the 2024 European Youth Championships in Poreč, Croatia. In doing so she became the first English female boxer to win gold at the European Schools, Junior and Youth Championships.[5]
Moving onto the global stage, she won the 51 kg division gold medal at the inaugural World Boxing Under-19 Championships held in Pueblo, Colorado, USA, in November 2024.[6][7][8]
Pumphrey made her senior international debut at the Boxam tournament in La Nucia, Spain, in February 2025, defeating the home nation's Laura Barcelo in the light-flyweight semi-finals and then Ukraine's Yaroslava Marynchuk in the final to take the title.[9]
She was selected to represent England in the 48 kg category at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool in September 2025.[2][8] In her opening bout, Pumphrey beat Bulgarian boxer Sevda Asenova via unanimous decision.[10] She then lost by unanimous decision to India's Meenakshi Hooda in the quarter-finals.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Alice Pumphrey will cheer on Lionesses with no regrets over switch to boxing". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ a b "'Absolute menace' Alice Pumphrey aiming for the World Championships bullseye". Boxing News Online. Archived from the original on 7 September 2025. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ "Four golds for England at Euro Schools". England Boxing. Archived from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Purge Academy boxer Alice Pumphrey adds second European title to list of achievements". Dewsbury Reporter. Archived from the original on 16 May 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Historic victory for Blackpool boxer Alice Pumphrey". Blackpool Gazette. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Batley's Purge Academy boxing star Alice Pumphrey wins first world crown". Dewsbury Reporter. Archived from the original on 4 November 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Team GB hopefuls discuss their World Championship hopes and dreams". Boxing News Online. Archived from the original on 10 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Alice Pumphrey: "I'm 100% confident I'll be coming home with another world championship gold medal."". Fight Post. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Purge Boxing Academy star Alice Pumphrey is an international hit again". Dewsbury Reporter. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Reid secures England's first World Boxing Championship medal on a day where Pumphrey, Shittu and Stott reached quarter finals stages in Liverpool". GB Boxing. Archived from the original on 17 October 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "England's medal tally rises on Day Nine". England Boxing. Archived from the original on 7 October 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "World Boxing Championships: Minakshi Hooda Assures India Another Medal". news18.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.