Nathaniel Collins


Nathaniel Collins is a Scottish professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple featherweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles between 2021 and 2023; and challenged once for the European title in October 2025.

Professional career

Collins made his professional debut on 6 October 2018, scoring a four-round points decision victory against Lee Connelly at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland.
After compiling a record of 5–0, he faced Monty Ogilvie for the vacant Celtic featherweight title on 5 October 2019, at the Lagoon Leisure Centre. Collins scored five knockdowns en route to a fifth-round technical knockout victory to capture his first professional championship.
After a points victory against Jordan Ellison in a non-title fight in January 2021, Collins faced Felix Williams for the vacant List of [Commonwealth Boxing Council champions#Featherweight|Commonwealth featherweight title] on 31 July at the New Douglas Park in Hamilton, Scotland. Collins captured the title via third-round technical knockout.
Collins won the vacant British featherweight title by stopping James Beech Jnr in the seventh round of their fight in Glasgow on 10 March 2023 and the European Silver featherweight title with a unanimous decision win over defending champion Francesco Grandelli at York Hall in London on 11 May 2024.
He won the vacant WBC Silver featherweight title by stopping Lee McGregor in the fourth round at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 24 May 2025.
Collins challenged European featherweight champion Cristobal Lorente at Braehead Arena in Glasgow on 4 October 2025. The fight ended in a split draw.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
18Draw17–0–1Cristobal Lorente124 Oct 2025Braehead Arena, Glasgow, ScotlandRetained WBC Silver featherweight title;
For List of [European Boxing Union champions#Featherweight|European featherweight title]
17Win17–0Lee McGregorTKO4, 1:4524 May 2025The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandWon vacant WBC Silver featherweight title
16Win16–0Darwing MartinezPTS814 Feb 2025DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
15Win15–0Francesco GrandelliUD1211 May 2024York Hall, London, EnglandWon European Silver featherweight title
14Win14–0Zak Miller1218 Nov 2023Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained British and Commonwealth featherweight titles
13Win13–0Raza HamzaKO1, 0:2418 Aug 2023York Hall, London, EnglandRetained British and Commonwealth featherweight titles
12Win12–0James Beech JnrTKO7, 0:4110 Mar 2023DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, ScotlandRetained Commonwealth featherweight title;
Won vacant British featherweight title
11Win11–0Jacob Robinson1213 May 2022The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandRetained Commonwealth featherweight title
10Win10–0Uriel Lopez Juarez3, 3:0018 Feb 2022Trump Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland
9Win9–0Thembani Mbangatha9, 2:2426 Nov 2021Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, EnglandRetained Commonwealth featherweight title
8Win8–0Felix WilliamsTKO3 31 Jul 2021New Douglas Park, Hamilton, ScotlandWon vacant Commonwealth featherweight title
7Win7–0Jordan EllisonPTS630 Jan 2020St. Andrews Sporting Club, Glasgow, Scotland
6Win6–0Monty OgilvieTKO5, 0:545 Oct 2019Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, ScotlandWon vacant Celtic featherweight title
5Win5–0Jose HernandezPTS625 Apr 2019Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
4Win4–0Taka BemberePTS422 Mar 2019Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
3Win3–0Ricky Starkey3, 1:1831 Jan 2019Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, ScotlandStarkey disqualified for excessive holding
2Win2–0Arturo Lopez6, 2:0329 Nov 2021Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
1Win1–0Lee Connelly46 Oct 2018Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, Scotland