Qais Ashfaq (born 10 March 1993) is a British professional boxer. As an amateur, Ashfaq competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as well as winning a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Amateur career He won the 2012 and 2014 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title, when boxing out of the Meanwood ABC and Burmantofts ABC respectively. Olympic result Rio 2016 Round of 32: Defeated by Chatchai-decha Butdee (Thailand) 3–0 European Games result Baku 2015 Round of 32: Defeated Georgi Gogatishvili (Georgia) 3–0 Round of 16: Defeated Selçuk Eker (Turkey) 2–1 Quarter-finals: Defeated Omar El-Hag (Germany) 3–0 Semi-finals: Defeated by Dzmitry Asanau (Belarus) 3–0 Commonwealth Games result Glasgow 2014 Round of 16: Defeated Neo Thamahane (Lesotho) 3–0 Quarter-finals: Defeated Joe Ham (Scotland) 3–0 Semi-finals: Defeated Benson Gicharu (Kenya) 3–0 Final: Defeated by Michael Conlan (Northern Ireland) 3–0 Professional career 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 Hutchinson. On 1 February 2018, Ashfaq signed with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport. Ashfaq finally made his professional debut with Jamie Moore and Nigel Travis in his corner on 25 February at the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester against British boxer Brett Fidoe. Prior to the fight, Fidoe had a record of 8 wins and 44 losses, with only 1 stoppage loss against Andrew Selby in 2016. Ashfaq dominated the four round bout winning on points. Referee Mark Lyson scored the fight 40–36 for Ashfaq. Ashfaq had his second bout on the Amir Khan vs. Phil Lo Greco card on 21 April at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. After four rounds, Ashfaq defeated Ricky Starkey via a points decision. Referee Michael Alexander scored the bout for Ashfaq. Ashfaq returned on another Amir Khan undercard, this time at the Arena Birmingham on 8 September 2018. He knocked out Gary Austin in the first round. Ashfaq finished the year fighting at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield on 8 December against Jay Carney. Ashfaq stopped Carney in round 5, recording his second stoppage win. Professional boxing record References External links 1993 births Living people English male boxers Bantamweight boxers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Leeds Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain European Games medalists in boxing British sportspeople of Pakistani descent Olympic