Having signed promotional terms with Boxxer, Olympian Cindy Ngamba will make her professional bow at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Friday, March 7.
Cameroon-born Ngamba won a bronze for the Refugee Team at the Paris 2024 Games when the 26-year-old defeated reigning world champion Tamara Thibeault in her opening bout. Ngamba then went on to beat France’s Davina Michel to book her spot on the podium.
Ngamba moved to the UK when she was 10 and, aged 15, she started fighting out of Bolton’s Elite Boxing Gym. She won national titles in three weight classes, too, but because she did not have a British passport she could not represent Team GB.
Now she will make her debut on a bill topped by the all-British welterweight title clash between Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price, with WBC lightweight champion Caroline Dubois also on the bill as well as a big fight at featherweight between 6-0 (1 KO) Karriss Artingstall and Raven Chapman, 9-1 (2 KOs), who are former amateur rivals and national teammates.
“I’m excited to start this new journey as a professional with Boxxer and Sky Sports,” said Ngamba. “My main goal before the Olympics was to challenge myself. I feel like on this pathway I will be able to continue to challenge myself and grow as a fighter. I have shared the ring with the best of the best in the Olympics and as an amateur. I want to share the ring with the best as a professional and push myself as far as I can go… It is time for me to show what I am capable of and to continue to represent myself, Great Britain and all the refugees around the world.”
Boxxer promoter Ben Shalom said he was excited to add Ngamba to his stable.
“She is an incredible athlete,” said Shalom. “She has had a phenomenal amateur career, and I am looking forward to working with her and helping her to achieve great things in the professional ranks. She is a fantastic addition to our stable and to our landmark all-women’s boxing event on March 7th at the Royal Albert Hall.”
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