Qais Ashfaq

Qais Ashfaq
Personal information
Nationality  Great Britain
 England
Born 10 March 1993 (1993-03-10) (age 24)
Leeds, England
Height 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Bantamweight

Qais Ashfaq (born 10 March 1993 in Leeds) is an amateur boxer from England.[1][2] He competed in the men's bantamweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the silver medal,[1] and at the 2015 European Games where he won bronze. He turned professional in July 2017, signing with Hayemaker Ringstar. He will be trained under Ismael Salas alongside Jorge Linares, David Haye, Joe Joyce, and Willy Hutchingson.

Ashfaq was a competitor at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games where he won the gold medal in his weight class.[3] He also won the bantamweight class at the 2012 GB Amateur Boxing Championships.

References

  1. 1 2 "Qais Ashfaq". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. "Qais Ashfaq: Boxing For Gold In 2016". The Yorkshire Times. 9 April 2014.
  3. "Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 - Boxing - Bantamweight Men". cyg2011results.com. September 2011.


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