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] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record [2] | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Hutchinson (born 4 August 1998 [1] ) is a Scottish professional boxer. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2016 Youth World Championships in the middleweight division.
Hutchinson is regarded as one of Scotland's most successful amateur boxers, [3] 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. [4]
Under the tutelage of renowned Cuban trainer, Ismael Salas, and being guided by David Haye's RingStar Promotions [4] with Shelly Finkel as manager, [5] 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. [6]
He scored another TKO victory in December—defeating Cyrille Joly in the second round [7] —followed by a six-round points decision (PTS) victory against Eric Mokonzo in February 2018. [8] After his win over Mokonzo, Hutchinson switched trainers from Salas to Dominic Ingle. [5]
In the following May it was announced that Hutchinson had also switched promoters, signing with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions. [9]
| 18 fights | 17 wins | 1 loss |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 13 | 1 |
| By decision | 4 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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