Lisa Whiteside (born 17 September 1985) is an English professional boxer who was a multi-time international medalist as an amateur.

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Lisa Whiteside
Born	(1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 38) Chorley, Lancashire, England[1]
Nationality	English
Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight, Bantamweight, Super-bantamweight, Featherweight
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Boxing record
Total fights	6
Wins	5
Wins by KO	1
Losses	1
Medal record Women's amateur boxing Representing  England World Championships 2014 Jeju City Flyweight 2012 Qinhuangdao Featherweight European Championships 2011 Rotterdam Featherweight 2016 Sofia Flyweight Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Flyweight European Union Championships 2013 Keszthely Bantamweight

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Whiteside won international championship medals across three weight categories including silver in the flyweight division at the 2014 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in South Korea where she lost in the final to Marlen Esparza from the USA by split decision.^[3] Representing England, she won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia defeating Northern Ireland's Carly McNaul in the flyweight final.^[4]

Whiteside joined the professional boxing ranks in January 2019 ^[5] and had her first fight on 18 May that year securing a points win over Dani Hodges.^[6] Having won her first three pro contests, Whiteside took almost three years off from boxing to start a family.^[7] She returned to the ring on 30 July 2022 with a points win over Jasmina Nad.^[8] Whiteside challenged for the vacant Commonwealth female super-bantamweight title at York Hall in London on 14 April 2023 but lost to Tysie Gallagher by unanimous decision.^[9]