Willy Hutchinson

For other people with similar names, see William Hutchinson (disambiguation).

Willy Hutchinson
Born (1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 (age 26)
Carstairs, Scotland
Other namesBraveheart
Statistics
Weight(s)Light-heavyweight
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Reach73 in (185 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox[2]
Boxing record[3]
Total fights20
Wins18
Wins by KO13
Losses2
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Scotland
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 St. Petersburg Middleweight

William Hutchinson (born 4 August 1998[2]) 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,[4] 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.[5]

Professional career

Under the tutelage of renowned Cuban trainer, Ismael Salas, and being guided by David Haye's RingStar Promotions[5] with Shelly Finkel as manager,[6] Hutchinson made his professional debut on 20 October 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Attila Nagy at the indigo at The O2 in London.[7]

He scored another TKO victory in December—defeating Cyrille Joly in the second round[8]—followed by a six-round points decision (PTS) victory against Eric Mokonzo in February 2018.[9] After his win over Mokonzo, Hutchinson switched trainers from Salas to Dominic Ingle.[6]

In the following May it was announced that Hutchinson had also switched promoters, signing with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions.[10]

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.[11][12]

Professional boxing record

20 fights 18 wins 2 losses
By knockout 13 1
By decision 5 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
20 Loss 18–2 Joshua Buatsi SD 12 21 Sep 2024 Wembley Stadium, London, England For the WBO interim light-heavyweight title
19 Win 18–1 Craig Richards UD 12 1 June 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Won vacant WBC Silver light-heavyweight title.
18 Win 17–1 Martin Houben TKO 2 (10), 2:32 22 March 2024 York Hall, London, England Retained WBC International light-heavyweight title.
17 Win 16–1 Ezequiel Maderna KO 4 (10), 1:15 12 May 2023 York Hall, London, England Won WBC International light-heavyweight title.
16 Win 15–1 Luca Spadicini TKO 7 (10), 1:26 11 Nov 2022 York Hall, London, England
15 Win 14–1 Karel Horejsek RTD 3 (8), 3:00 11 Jun 2022 Telford International Centre, Telford, England
14 Loss 13–1 Lennox Clarke TKO 5 (12), 1:05 27 Mar 2021 Copper Box Arena, London, England For vacant British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles
13 Win 13–0 Jose Miguel Fandino TKO 1 (10), 2:49 10 Oct 2020 BT Sport Studio, London, England
12 Win 12–0 Ben Thomas TKO 1 (10), 2:09 28 Aug 2020 BT Sport Studio, London, England
11 Win 11–0 Edgars Sniedze PTS 6 22 Feb 2020 York Hall, London, England
10 Win 10–0 Borislav Zankov TKO 2 (8), 2:15 27 Sep 2019 Royal Albert Hall, London, England
9 Win 9–0 Josip Perkovic PTS 6 13 Jul 2019 The O2 Arena, London, England
8 Win 8–0 Ondrej Budera TKO 3 (6), 2:41 18 May 2019 Lamex Stadium, Stevenage, England
7 Win 7–0 Daniel Borisov TKO 4 (4), 0:40 23 Mar 2019 Leicester Arena, Leicester, England
6 Win 6–0 Ferenc Albert TKO 2 (6), 1:42 19 Nov 2018 Hilton Hotel, London, England
5 Win 5–0 Taha Mirhosseini TKO 3 (6), 1:01 24 Aug 2018 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
4 Win 4–0 Adam Jones PTS 4 19 May 2018 Elland Road, Leeds, England
3 Win 3–0 Eric Mokonzo PTS 6 16 Feb 2018 York Hall, London, England
2 Win 2–0 Cyrille Joly TKO 2 (6), 0:57 16 Dec 2017 La Seine Musicale, Paris, France
1 Win 1–0 Attila Nagy TKO 1 (4), 1:29 20 Oct 2017 indigo at The O2, London, England

References

  1. ^ a b DAZN tale of the tale before the Joshua Buatsi fight.
  2. ^ a b "Willy Hutchinson Bio Information - PBC Boxing". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Boxing record for Willy Hutchinson". BoxRec.
  4. ^ Wainwright, Anson (21 March 2019). "New Faces: Willy Hutchinson". The Ring. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b Egelstaff, Susan (17 October 2017). "Hot prospect Willy Hutchinson has former world heavyweight champion David Haye in his corner". The Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b Scott, Craig (10 December 2018). "EXCLUSIVE - Willy Hutchinson: "Growing into glory..." - Boxing Social". Boxing Social. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  7. ^ "BoxRec: Willy Hutchinson vs. Attila Nagy". BoxRec. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. ^ "BoxRec: Willy Hutchinson vs. Cyrille Joly". BoxRec. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Photos: Joe Joyce Stops Rodolf Jozic in One, Back on May 5". BoxingScene.com. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  10. ^ Jay, Phil (10 May 2018). "Willy Hutchinson signs with Frank Warren, added to Selby v Warrington". World Boxing News. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Joshua Buatsi floors Willy Hutchinson twice on his way to Wembley win". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Joshua Buatsi Scores Two Knockdowns, Outpoints Willy Hutchinson For Interim WBO Title". The Ring. Retrieved 22 September 2024.