Lee McGregor


Lee McGregor is a Scottish professional boxer. He has challenged once for the IBO super-bantamweight title in 2023. At regional level, he held the European, British, and Commonwealth bantamweight titles between 2018 and 2023.
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Professional career

McGregor made his professional debut on 11 November 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout victory against Stefan Sashev at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh.
After compiling a record of 3–0, he defeated Goodluck Mrema via second-round TKO to capture the vacant IBF Youth bantamweight title on 23 June 2018, at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.
His next fight came against former Commonwealth flyweight champion Thomas Essomba on 13 October at the York Hall in London, with the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title on the line. McGregor captured the title via twelfth-round knockout victory in only his fifth professional bout. Following a points decision victory against Brett Fidoe in a non-title fight in May 2019, Mcgregor made the first defence of his Commonwealth title, defeating Scott Allan via eighth-round TKO on 22 June at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
McGregor returned to the Emirates Stadium for his next fight, facing [List of British Boxing Board of Control|British bantamweight boxing champions|British bantamweight champion] and fellow Scot, Kash Farooq, on 16 November in a unification fight for the British and Commonwealth titles. In what was described by media outlets as a "controversial decision", McGregor emerged victorious via twelve-round split decision with two judges scoring the bout 115–112 and 114–113 in favour of McGregor, while the third judge scored it 114–113 to Farooq.
Following a TKO victory against Ryan Walker in a non-title fight in August 2020, McGregor sought to add another title to his collection by challenging reigning champion Karim Guerfi for the European bantamweight title on 19 March 2021, at the Whites Hotel in Bolton, England. McGregor knocked his opponent to the canvas three times in the first round. Guerfi made it back to his feet on all three occasions, however, the referee called a halt to the contest after the third knockdown at 2:43 of the round.
McGregor made his first European bantamweight title defense against Vincent Legrand on 6 August 2021, at the Falls Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on the undercard of the WBA interim featherweight title clash between Michael Conlan and T. J. Doheny. McGregor had a poor start to the fight, as he was knocked down in the second round, but successfully rallied back to knock Legrand out in the fourth round.
Switching weight divisions, he faced Erik Robles Ayala for the vacant IBO super-bantamweight title at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 21 July 2023, losing via unanimous decision.
McGregor defeated Isaac Lowe via unanimous decision on 21 December 2024, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of the undercard for the heavyweight world title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
He faced Nathaniel Collins for the vacant WBC Silver featherweight title at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 24 May 2025. He lost by stoppage in the fourth round.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
18LossNathaniel CollinsTKO4, 1:4524 May 2025The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandFor vacant WBC Silver featherweight title
17Win15–1–1Isaac LoweUD1021 Dec 2024Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaWon vacant WBC International featherweight title
16Win14–1–1Deiner PoloTKO3, 1:564 Oct 2024Caledonia Gladiators Arena, East Kilbride, Scotland
15Win13–1–1Jorge MoyaTKO2, 0:2118 May 2024DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
14Loss12–1–1Erik Robles Ayala1221 Jul 2023Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, ScotlandFor vacant IBO super bantamweight title
13Win12–0–1Alexis Boureima KaborePTS84 Mar 2023Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, England
12Draw11–0–1Diego Alberto Ruiz1011 Feb 2022York Hall, London, England
11Win11–0Vincent LegrandKO4, 1:236 Aug 2021Falls Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandRetained European bantamweight title
10Win10–0Karim GuerfiTKO1, 2:4319 Mar 2021Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, EnglandWon European bantamweight title
9Win9–0Ryan WalkerTKO5, 0:1626 Aug 2020Production Park Studios, South Kirkby, England
8Win8–0Ukashir Farooq1216 Nov 2019Emirates Arena, Glasgow, ScotlandRetained Commonwealth bantamweight title;
Won British bantamweight title
7Win7–0Scott AllanTKO8, 1:4522 Jun 2019Emirates Arena, Glasgow, ScotlandRetained Commonwealth bantamweight title
6Win6–0Brett Fidoe618 May 2019The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
5Win5–0Thomas Essomba12, 1:3813 Oct 2018York Hall, London, EnglandWon vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title
4Win4–0Goodluck MremaTKO4, 2:1823 Jun 2018The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandWon vacant IBF Youth bantamweight title
3Win3–0Pablo NarvaezTKO2, 1:193 Mar 2018The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
2Win2–0Kamil JaworekTKO2, 1:522 Dec 2017Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
1Win1–0Stefan Sashev1, 2:5311 Nov 2017Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland