A former kickboxing and Muay Thai age-group world champion, Ayton won all 21 of her amateur boxing bouts including claiming five national titles and the 2024 Haringey Box Cup.[3][4]
She won the 57 kg category gold medal at the inaugural World Boxing Under-19 Championships held in Pueblo, Colorado, USA, in November 2024.[3][4] At her first senior international competition she won the 60 kg division at the 2025 Golden Girl Championship Tournament in Sweden.[5]
Rejecting a contract offer from Team GB to stay as an amateur, Ayton turned professional and signed a long-term promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing in May 2025, having impressed the organisation's chief, Eddie Hearn, while sparring with then WBC female featherweight champion Skye Nicolson.[4][6]
She made her pro-debut at bp pulse LIVE Arena in Birmingham on 21 June 2025, knocking her opponent, Sara Orszagi, to the canvas twice before the fight was stopped in the third round.[3][7]
Ayton made her second outing in the paid ranks against Lydie Bialic at Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring on 6 September 2025.[8] She won by stoppage in the fourth round.[9][10]
Less than six weeks later, on 17 October 2025, she stopped Laura Belen Valdebenito in the fourth of their scheduled six-round bout at York Hall in London on 17 October 2025.[11][12]
Next, Ayton faced Ana Karla Vaz De Moraes in her first eight-round bout at Indigo at the O2 in London on 17 December 2025.[13] After sending her opponent to the canvas in the first round, she ended the fight in the third with a knockout.[14]
Ayton faced Catherine Tacone Ramos over eight rounds at Nottingham Arena in Nottingham on 21 February 2026.[15] She was taken the distance for the first time in her professional career, winning on points 77–75.[16][17]
She is scheduled to take on Stevi Levy at University of Wolverhampton at The Halls in Wolverhampton on 2 May 2026.[18]
