Nicola Adams, Anthony Joshua, who's next? How to watch Team GB boxers in their next bouts at the Tokyo Olympics

Great Britain have a boxing team packed with golden potential at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Lauren Price, the McCormack twins, Karriss Artingstall, Frazer Clarke... When and who are they fighting? Find out.

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Frazer Clarke of Team Great Britain in action against Tsotne Rogava of Team Ukraine during the Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) on day six of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kokugikan Arena on July 29, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Luis Robayo - Pool/Getty Images)
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Nicola Adams and Anthony Joshua are national heroes thanks to their Olympic boxing success, and now there's a new generation of British talent in Tokyo ready to make their mark.

With 56 Olympic medals, Team GB is the third most successful nation in the history of Olympic boxing, behind only Cuba and the USA.

With Anthony Joshua in their corner supporting and mentoring, this time around Britain sent 11 fighters to Tokyo 2020 and eight are still standing, threatening podium finishes.

Karriss Artingstall (Featherweight) has already guaranteed Team GB a medal by making it all the way to the semi-final on Saturday, meaning that's a bronze in the bag at very least.

The other British boxers with Olympic dreams still alive are:

Frazer Clarke (Super-heavyweight), Caroline Dubois (Lightweight), Ben Whittaker (Light-heavyweight), Galal Yafai (Flyweight), twins Luke McCormack (Lightweight) and Pat McCormack (Welterweight) are still swinging, as is Lauren Price (Middleweight).

Here's a rundown of all the British boxers still on the path to Olympic glory, when they fight, and who their opponents are:

Karriss Artingstall: Semi-final - Saturday 31 July, 7:24pm JST (11:24am in GB)

26-year-old Karriss Artingstall is a 2019 European silver medallist and World bronze medallist, and has gone from strength to strength, taking Tokyo 2020 by storm in her Olympic debut.

Unanimous decisions in her first two fights against Botswana's Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi and Jucielen Romeu from Brazil established her medal credentials early.

Her biggest challenge came in fight three against Australia's Skye Nicolson - a 2016 world light welterweight bronze medallist and 2018 Commonwealth Games featherweight champ.

A brilliant fight, that could have gone either way, was awarded to the GB boxer 3-2, and that result guaranteed her at least bronze.

She'll face Japan's IRIE Sena on Saturday to determine which colour medal she'll leave with. Irie will be Japan's first ever boxing medallist and is out to convince Japanese women that boxing is an option too in a country dominated by judo.

Artingstall has very different motives.

"I'm over the moon to be on the podium. Hopefully I can go and change the colour of the medal in two days' time," she said.

Watch: Karriss Artingstall (GB) vs. IRIE Sena (JPN) - Women's featherweight semi-final - Saturday 31 July 7:24pm JST (11:24am in GB).

Frazer Clarke: Quarter-final - Sunday 1 August 1:24pm JST (5:24am in GB)

"It's been a long time coming," Frazer Clarke told Sky Sports, after his opening win at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo on Thursday 29 July.

Ten years he's waited for his Olympic debut, and he wasn't going to let the moment, or his opponent, get the better of him.

'Big Fraze' took out the Ukraine's Tsotne Rogava 4-1 to stay alive, and backs himself to go all the way, following Anthony Joshua's path by winning the super heavy gold medal.

"I dish it out, I've got fast hands, good thinking, good feet, I'm strong, I can really box. When it's time to grit and bite down on the gumshield? I can do that as well," he says.

Next he fights 2019 European Games silver medallist Mourad Aliev from France in the quarter-final, and the 29-year-old is intent on making it a long journey in the Japanese capital, with one eye on No 1 seed Bakhodir Jalolov who could be a medal opponent and looks sharp.

Watch: Frazer Clarke (GBR) - Mourad Aliev (FRA) - Men's super heavyweight quarter-final - Sunday 1 August 1:24pm JST (5:24am in Great Britain).

Ben Whittaker: Quarter-final - Friday 30 July 1:24pm JST (5:24am British time)

Whittaker is another British boxer who's one fight from a medal.

And he's done it in style too, a showman with bags of swag, he told Olympics.com that he was the complete package before the Games, backing up the big talk in Tokyo.

In his debut bout, Whittaker controlled Colombian Jorge Vivas, winning over four of five judges, before a unanimous decision win over Egypt's Abdelrahman Oraby to set up a quarter-final fight with Brazil's Keno Machado.

Machado is middleweight champ from the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, a 21-year-old on the rise, but Whittaker has extra motivation:

“My dad said to me before I left that if you don’t get a medal, especially the gold, then I should stay here!" He joked after winning his first fight.

“To be honest I love it here, so I actually wouldn’t mind, but I know I’ve got to go back to the West Midlands with something shiny.”

He can do that with one more win.

Watch: Ben Whittaker (GB) vs. Keno Machado (BRA) - Men's light-heavyweight quarter-final - Friday 30 July 1:24pm JST (5:24am British time).

Great Britain's twin threat: Pat and Luke McCormack

Pat McCormack: Round of 16 - Friday 30 July 12:36pm JST (4:36am in Great Britain)

Luke McCormack: Round of 16 - Saturday 31 July 6:03pm JST (10:03am British time)

One of the stories of the GB camp at Tokyo 2020 is the rise of the McCormack twins. The Sunderland sluggers are both off the mark in Tokyo and looking good.

Pat took care of 21-year-old Belarussian Aliaksandr Radzionau on a unanimous verdict while Luke ended Indian fighter Manish Kaushik's Olympics, winning 4-1.

Pat has the better record, with a 2018 Commonwealth Games winner's medal and silver at the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, but Luke is just as determined to make it as a pro fighter.

Tougher fights await both in the next round.

Luke has a big ask against Cuban Andy Cruz, a double amateur world champ and two-time Pan-Am champ, while Pat squares up to Uzbek World bronze medallist and 2018 Asian Games champ Bobo-Usmon Baturov.

Anyone hoping to see a battle of the brothers will be disappointed as they fight in different weight classes.

Watch: Pat McCormack vs. Bobo-Usmon Baturov - Men's welter quarter-final - Friday 30 July 12:36pm JST (4:36am in Great Britain).

Watch: Luke McCormack vs. Andy Cruz - Men's lightweight round of 16 - Saturday 31 July 6:03pm JST (10:03am British Summer Time).

Lauren Price: Fights Saturday 31 July 1:06pm JST (5:06am in Britain)

A little like Ireland's Katie Taylor, Lauren Price swapped a promising career in professional football for life in the boxing ring.

She played for Cardiff City for years and won the Welsh Premier League, captaining Wales U19 and even making a senior national team debut.

But in 2012, her focus shifted to full-time boxing after watching Nicola Adams at London 2012, and she's never looked back. Price is now a 2019 World and European Games champion and many people's pick for the middleweight Olympic title here in Tokyo.

Price brings some more Sheffield steel into the ring, and Mongolia's Myagmarjargal Munkhbat was no match for her in their opening fight.

A 5-0 decision for Price, and the focus immediately shifted to her second fight, 32-year-old Atheyna Bylon from Panama, who's a 2014 world champion.

Despite some approaches from the professional world, Price told Olympics.com that her only focus is the Olympic Games, and right now, Atheyna Bylon.

Price is just one fight from a medal in Tokyo.

Watch: Lauren Price (GBR) vs. Atheyna Bylon (PAN) - Women's middleweight quarter-final - Saturday 31 July 1:06pm JST (5:06am in Britain)

Caroline Dubois: Fights Friday 30 July 11:30am JST (3:30am in GB)

Pedigree boxing runs in the family for Caroline Dubois. The 20-year-old's brother is professional British heavyweight boxer, Daniel Dubois.

At 20, she is on a fast rise in the sport, having won the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

As a kid, she pretended to be a boy to get the best boxing education, her dad saying her 'tell them your name is Colin' so that she could attend the boy's club where training and facilities were better.

"I didn't really care whether I was Colin or Caroline, as long as I could fight that was it, I was loving it.," she said.

Now she's an Olympic boxer with a debut win under her belt, defeating Kosovo's Donjeta Sadiku 5-0.

Next up is a tough task in USA 2019 World bronze-medallist Rashida Ellis, and she's taking it one fight at a time.

Watch: Caroline Dubois (GBR) - Rashida Ellis (USA) - Women's lightweight round of 16 - Friday 30th July 11:30am JST (3:30am in Britain)

Yafai Galal - Fights Saturday 31 July 5:15pm JST (9:15am in Great Britain)

Yafai Galal is another fighter with a big W on his card from his first fight.

The boy from Birmingham outpunched Armenia's Koryun Soghomonyan to claim victory in a dominant display, stopping the fight in Round 3.

It was a surprise that the Armenian made it that far, taking a standing eight count in every round, the last of which forced a stoppage at 1:54.

Yafai has boxing in the family too, his brother Kal Yafai was WBA junior bantamweight champion and his other brother Gamal is also a pro boxer.

"I had my first fight at 18. But because I used to fight with my brothers, I felt I had the experience of being in 20-30 fights. " he told Sky Sports.

"I was in and around the ring since I was 14. But it was always for a week or two. But I had an advantage because we brothers always used to spar at home."

Now 28, Yafai is the one doing the family proud in Tokyo, and the Brummie boxer's next fight comes against Zambia's Patrick Chinyemba who took out Australia's Alex Winwood in the first round.

Galal, who topped the podium at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, is aiming for the top step here in Tokyo too.

Watch: Yafai Galal (GBR) vs. Patrick Chinyemba (ZAM) - Men's flyweight round of 16 - Saturday 31 July 5:15pm JST (9:15am in Great Britain)

Team GB boxers eliminated at Tokyo 2020

Of 11 fighters who qualified for the Olympics, three have been eliminated. Cheavon Clarke's amazing story came to an end in the first round, he went from lorry driver to Olympian at Tokyo.

Heavily fancied Peter McGrail (Featherweight) suffered a shock first-round elimination at the hands of Thailand's Chatchai-Decha Butdee.

And mother of three Charley Davison achieved a lot by making it to Tokyo and winning her first fight against Morocco's Rabab Cheddar, but the storied Chinese fighter Chang Yuan had too much for her in the next round.

"Being a mum is a lot harder than being a boxer," Davison said in the run-up to the Games.

"People think you can't do stuff after having kids. I know people doubted me with three kids." - Davison.

"Having doubters makes you more determined and gives you the drive to believe you can do it. I'm just glad I've proved them wrong.

"Just because you've got children, life doesn't stop."

She proved a lot by making it to Tokyo 2020 and winning that first fight.

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