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Whittaker, Yafai, Price: Where are Team GB's Tokyo 2020 superstars now?

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Ben Whittaker returns to the ring looking to get his professional career back on track this weekend, as the former Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games hero faces Liam Cameron again.

Six months on from a controversial technical draw that saw both men tumble over the ropes in Riyadh, the former light-heavyweight silver medalist has a shot at redemption.

Victory will get the star's career back on track as he aims to climb the ranks and take aim at a world title - but defeat could hand a massive blow to his ambitions of pro glory.

Whittaker is not the only star from Team GB to make the leap from the amateurs following their adventure in Japan almost four years ago at a pandemic-delayed Olympics.

Here, ahead of his latest bout, DAZN News looks back at the other stars who boarded the plane east - and just where they have gone since touching back down in Britain.

Ben Whittaker (Light heavyweight)

A decorated amateur in his younger days with medal success at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships, Whittaker seemed primed for glory in Tokyo.

He almost went all the way too, falling in the final to Rio 2016 medalist Arlen Lopez, with his obvious dissappointment one of Team GB's defining images from the Games.

He turned pro a year later and racked up eight routine wins before last October's bout with Cameron, where many felt he was struggling to impose himself before its abrupt end.

Galal Yafai (Flyweight)

A gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games three years prior, Yafai made good on his promise to earn one of two top-step finishes for Team GB in boxing at Tokyo 2020.

Victory over Carlo Paalam was followed by a pro debut in February 2022, and the star swiftly flew through the ranks with a slew of knockout victories across the division.

He was expected to face his toughest challenge in former world champion Sunny Edwards, but put him down in six rounds last November to become WBC interim champion.

Peter McGrail (Featherweight)

A bantamweight gold medalist on the Gold Coast in 2018 at the Commonwealth Games, and with a haul of medals to boot, the Liverpool fighter arrived as a potential favourite.

Instead, he became the only Team GB athlete in the boxing events to be eliminated in his first bout, falling to Thailand's Chatchai-decha Butdee in a comprehensive loss.

McGrail turned pro shortly afterwards, and has posted an 11-1 record to date, with his win over Rhys Edwards in Riyadh last December perhaps the biggest win of his career yet.

Luke McCormack (Lightweight)

Whittaker was not the only Team GB athlete to come up short against Cuban opposition, as both of the McCormack twins discovered during their Olympics journey.

In the case of lightweight Luke, it was to be a last-16 defeat and no podium finish, as he was undone by Andy Cruz, the eventual gold-medal winner in the division.

It took a few years for him to turn professional afterwards too, but he did so in 2024, and has so far picked up three wins from three bouts, most recently winning in March.

Pat McCormack (Welterweight)

While his sibling struggled to go the distance, the other half of the McCormack representation made it all the way through to the final, building on European welterweight gold.

Again however, it would be a Cuban to stop him in his tracks and force him to settle for a silver medal, as Pat was defeated by Roniel Iglesias, a London 2012 gold medalist too.

He turned professional swiftly, making his bow in 2022 and has so far gone 7-0 across his career, recently defeating Robbie Davies Jr at Manchester's Co-op Live in February.

Cheavon Clarke (Heavyweight)

A first-round bye for the European bronze medalist seemed to bode well for his prospects - but Clarke became one of the few British boxers on an early ride back to the terminal.

His Tokyo 2020 journey ended in his first bout, losing to Brazil's Abner Teixeira, who went on to claim bronze in the division, leaving him empty-handed when he returned home.

Clarke went pro at crusierweight and looked steady before a loss in December to Leonardo Mosquea. He faces Viddal Riley this month, beneath Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn.

Frazer Clarke (Super heavyweight)

A bronze-medal success story in the super-heavyweight category was a rich reward for another Clarke flying the flag for Team GB, after the referee stopped his semi-final for injury.

He lost to Bakhodir Jalolov, but still returned home as a hero and swiftly turned pro, notching up several steady wins to set up a British title battle with Fabio Wardley last year.

Clarke held the favourite to a draw, and earned himself a rematch in Riyadh, where he was stunningly put down in one round. He fights Ebenezer Tetteh on Whittaker's undercard.

Charley Davison (Flyweight)

The lone member of Team GB's near-dozen-strong delegation that has not turned professional, Davison is a double Olympian, representing at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.

In her initial outing, she made it past the first round with victory over Morocco's Rabab Cheddar before a last-16 loss to Chang Yuan ended her journey prematurely.

The mum-of-three returned three years later in Paris at bantamweight, but lost by split decision to Turkey's Hatice Akbaş in the first round, as Chang took gold instead.

Karriss Artingstall (Featherweight)

A bronze medal winner at the World Championships for England two years prior, Artingstall was seen as a major medal hope for Team GB heading into the Japanese summer.

So it proved, as she fought her way to a podium finish, repeating her feats with a bronze medal in Tokyo, losing in the semi-finals to home favourite Sena Irie.

Since then, she has amassed an unbeaten professional record across seven fights, most recently defeating Raven Chapman for the British female featherweigh title.

Caroline Dubois (Lightweight)

One of the bigger names to come out of the Tokyo 2020 pool, and now definitively clear of her brother's shadow, Dubois had been expected to contend for medals in Japan.

Instead, she came up shy in the quater-finals to Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee, an eventual bronze medalist, and went home empty handed following her defeat.

Since turning pro however, Dubois has gone without a loss to her name, though a draw with Jessica Camara proved dicey. She is currently WBC lightweight champion.

Lauren Price (Middleweight)

Few have burst out of the Olympics fold for Team GB and followed it up with such power, poise and performance like the Welsh star, who won gold at Tokyo 2020.

A dominant victory over Li Qian in the final made her one of two top-step boxers for Great Britain at the Games, and laid the foundation for an unbeaten pro career so far.

Price is currently unified welterweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC and IBF belts after she took a decision over Natasha Jonas last month, moving to a 9-0 record.

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