Willy Hutchinson


William Hutchinson is a Scottish professional boxer. He has challenged once for the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles in 2021. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2016 Youth World Championships in the middleweight division.

Amateur career

Hutchinson is regarded as one of Scotland's most successful amateur boxers, winning gold medals at the 2014 European Junior Championships and 2016 Youth World Championships—becoming the first Scottish boxer to win gold at an amateur World Championships.

Professional career

Under the tutelage of renowned Cuban trainer, Ismael Salas, and being guided by David Haye's RingStar Promotions with Shelly Finkel as manager, Hutchinson made his professional debut on 20 October 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout victory against Attila Nagy at the indigo at The O2 in London.
He scored another TKO victory in December—defeating Cyrille Joly in the second round—followed by a six-round points decision victory against Eric Mokonzo in February 2018. After his win over Mokonzo, Hutchinson switched trainers from Salas to Dominic Ingle.
In the following May it was announced that Hutchinson had also switched promoters, signing with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.
Hutchinson fought Joshua Buatsi for the WBO interim light-heavyweight title at Wembley Stadium on 21 September 2024. He was twice knocked to the canvas before losing the contest via split decision with two ringside judges scoring the fight for his opponent 117-108 and 115-110 respectively, while the third had it in his favour 113-112.
He got back to winning ways in his next fight, stopping Mark Jeffers in the seventh of their scheduled 10-round contest at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow on 4 October 2025.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
21Win19–2Mark JeffersTKO7, 2:154 Oct 2025Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
20Loss18–2Joshua BuatsiSD1221 Sep 2024Wembley Stadium, London, EnglandFor the WBO interim light-heavyweight title
19Win18–1Craig RichardsUD121 June 2024Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaWon vacant WBC Silver light-heavyweight title.
18Win17–1Martin Houben2, 2:3222 March 2024York Hall, London, EnglandRetained WBC International light-heavyweight title.
17Win16–1Ezequiel Maderna4, 1:1512 May 2023York Hall, London, EnglandWon WBC International light-heavyweight title.
16Win15–1Luca SpadiciniTKO7, 1:2611 Nov 2022York Hall, London, England
15Win14–1Karel HorejsekRTD3, 3:0011 Jun 2022Telford International Centre, Telford, England
14Loss13–1Lennox ClarkeTKO5, 1:0527 Mar 2021Copper Box Arena, London, EnglandFor vacant British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles
13Win13–0Jose Miguel FandinoTKO1, 2:4910 Oct 2020BT Sport Studio, London, England
12Win12–0Ben ThomasTKO1, 2:0928 Aug 2020BT Sport Studio, London, England
11Win11–0Edgars SniedzePTS622 Feb 2020York Hall, London, England
10Win10–0Borislav ZankovTKO2, 2:1527 Sep 2019Royal Albert Hall, London, England
9Win9–0Josip PerkovicPTS613 Jul 2019The O2 Arena, London, England
8Win8–0Ondrej BuderaTKO3, 2:4118 May 2019Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, England
7Win7–0Daniel BorisovTKO4, 0:4023 Mar 2019Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
6Win6–0Ferenc AlbertTKO2, 1:4219 Nov 2018Hilton Hotel, London, England
5Win5–0Taha MirhosseiniTKO3, 1:0124 Aug 2018Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
4Win4–0Adam JonesPTS419 May 2018Elland Road, Leeds, England
3Win3–0Eric Mokonzo616 Feb 2018York Hall, London, England
2Win2–0Cyrille JolyTKO2, 0:5716 Dec 2017La Seine Musicale, Paris, France
1Win1–0Attila Nagy1, 1:2920 Oct 2017indigo at The O2, London, England