Willy Hutchinson

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

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.

Willy Hutchinson
Born	(1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 (age 26) Carstairs, Scotland
Other names	Braveheart
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light-heavyweight
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Reach	73 in (185 cm)[1]
Stance	Orthodox[2]
Boxing record[3]
Total fights	20
Wins	18
Wins by KO	13
Losses	2
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Scotland Youth World Championships 2016 St. Petersburg Middleweight

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. DAZN tale of the tale before the Joshua Buatsi fight.
2. "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. 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. 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.

External links

• Boxing record for Willy Hutchinson from BoxRec (registration required)