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 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 August 1998 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
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Amateur career
editHutchinson 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
editUnder 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
edit| 20 fights | 18 wins | 2 losses |
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| By knockout | 13 | 1 |
| By decision | 5 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 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
edit- ^ a b DAZN tale of the tale before the Joshua Buatsi fight.
- ^ a b "Willy Hutchinson Bio Information - PBC Boxing". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Boxing record for Willy Hutchinson". BoxRec.
- ^ Wainwright, Anson (21 March 2019). "New Faces: Willy Hutchinson". The Ring. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Scott, Craig (10 December 2018). "EXCLUSIVE - Willy Hutchinson: "Growing into glory..." - Boxing Social". Boxing Social. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Willy Hutchinson vs. Attila Nagy". BoxRec. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "BoxRec: Willy Hutchinson vs. Cyrille Joly". BoxRec. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Photos: Joe Joyce Stops Rodolf Jozic in One, Back on May 5". BoxingScene.com. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Jay, Phil (10 May 2018). "Willy Hutchinson signs with Frank Warren, added to Selby v Warrington". World Boxing News. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "Joshua Buatsi floors Willy Hutchinson twice on his way to Wembley win". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Joshua Buatsi Scores Two Knockdowns, Outpoints Willy Hutchinson For Interim WBO Title". The Ring. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Willy Hutchinson from BoxRec (registration required)