| Rosie Eccles | |
| Weight: | Light-welterweight, welterweight, light-middleweight |
| Height: | 173cm[1] |
| Nationality: | Welsh |
| Birth Place: | Newport, Wales[2] |
| Style: | Orthodox |
Rosie Eccles (born 23 July 1996)[3] is a Welsh amateur boxer who won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as a host of other medals at international competitions representing both Wales and Great Britain.
Eccles won a silver medal at the 2016 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships losing in the light-welterweight final to Aleksandra Ordina from Russia.[4] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games she also took silver when she lost in the welterweight final to England's Sandy Ryan by split decision (3:2).[5]
Eccles won bronze at the 2019 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships after going out in the welterweight semi-finals via split decision to Italian Angela Carini.[6]
She also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Ulan-Ude, Russia,[7] where she lost by unanimous decision to Yang Liu in the round of 16.[8]
Eccles won a gold medal in the light-middleweight division at the 2022 Commonwealth Games stopping Australia's Kaye Scott in round two of the final.[9] [10]
She secured a quota place for the 2024 Summer Olympics by taking a bronze medal at the 2023 European Games in Poland.[11] On 7 June 2024, Eccles was officially announced in the Great Britain squad for the Olympics.[12] She was drawn to fight Poland’s Aneta Rygielska in the first round of the 66 kg division,[13] losing by a controversial split decision.[14] [15] BBC Sport commentators could not hide their shock at the result because Eccles had been ahead throughout her bout with Rygielska. The Polish boxer even had a point deducted and a warning for failing to keep her head up.[16] [17] The two ringside judges who deemed it equal then signalled that Rygielska was the winner, despite her infringement. BBC's Steve Bunce was left stunned saying "I'm really annoyed. It's a bad decision."[18]