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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 2025.

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Nathaniel Collins
Personal information
NicknameThe Nightmare1
Born (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996
Glasgow, Scotland3
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)1
WeightFeatherweight
Boxing career
StanceSouthpaw1
Boxing record2
Total fights19
Wins17
Win by KO8
Losses1
Draws1

Nathaniel Collins (born 12 August 19963) 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 2025.

Professional career

Collins made his professional debut on 6 October 2018, scoring a four-round points decision (PTS) victory against Lee Connelly at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley, Scotland.4

After compiling a record of 5–0 (1 KO), 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 (TKO) victory to capture his first professional championship.5

After a points victory against Jordan Ellison in a non-title fight in January 2021,6 Collins faced Felix Williams for the vacant Commonwealth featherweight title on 31 July at the New Douglas Park in Hamilton, Scotland. Collins captured the title via third-round technical knockout.7

Collins won the vacant British featherweight title by stopping James Beech Jnr in the seventh round of their fight in Glasgow on 10 March 20238 and the European Silver featherweight title with a unanimous decision win over defending champion Francesco Grandelli at York Hall in London on 11 May 2024.9

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 2025.10

Collins challenged European featherweight champion Cristobal Lorente at Braehead Arena in Glasgow on 4 October 2025.11 The fight ended in a split draw.1213

A rematch between Collins and Lorente took place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on 17 April 2026.14 The fight was an eliminator for a shot at the WBC featherweight title with Lorente having vacated his European crown.15 Collins lost the bout, and his WBC Silver featherweight title, by split decision.1617

Professional boxing record

19 fights 17 wins 1 loss
By knockout 8 0
By decision 8 1
By disqualification 1 0
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
19 Loss 17–1–1 Cristobal Lorente SD 12 17 Apr 2026 The OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland Lost WBC Silver featherweight title
18 Draw 17–0–1 Cristobal Lorente SD 12 4 Oct 2025 Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Retained WBC Silver featherweight title;
For European featherweight title
17 Win 17–0 Lee McGregor TKO 4 (12), 1:45 24 May 2025 The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland Won vacant WBC Silver featherweight title
16 Win 16–0 Darwing Martinez PTS 8 14 Feb 2025 DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
15 Win 15–0 Francesco Grandelli UD 12 11 May 2024 York Hall, London, England Won European Silver featherweight title
14 Win 14–0 Zak Miller MD 12 18 Nov 2023 Manchester Arena, Manchester, England Retained British and Commonwealth featherweight titles
13 Win 13–0 Raza Hamza KO 1 (12), 0:24 18 Aug 2023 York Hall, London, England Retained British and Commonwealth featherweight titles
12 Win 12–0 James Beech Jnr TKO 7 (12), 0:41 10 Mar 2023 DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland Retained Commonwealth featherweight title;
Won vacant British featherweight title
11 Win 11–0 Jacob Robinson UD 12 13 May 2022 The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland Retained Commonwealth featherweight title
10 Win 10–0 Uriel Lopez Juarez RTD 3 (6), 3:00 18 Feb 2022 Trump Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland
9 Win 9–0 Thembani Mbangatha KO 9 (12), 2:24 26 Nov 2021 Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England Retained Commonwealth featherweight title
8 Win 8–0 Felix Williams TKO 3 (12) 31 Jul 2021 New Douglas Park, Hamilton, Scotland Won vacant Commonwealth featherweight title
7 Win 7–0 Jordan Ellison PTS 6 30 Jan 2020 St. Andrews Sporting Club, Glasgow, Scotland
6 Win 6–0 Monty Ogilvie TKO 5 (10), 0:54 5 Oct 2019 Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, Scotland Won vacant Celtic featherweight title
5 Win 5–0 Jose Hernandez PTS 6 25 Apr 2019 Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
4 Win 4–0 Taka Bembere PTS 4 22 Mar 2019 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
3 Win 3–0 Ricky Starkey DQ 3 (6), 1:18 31 Jan 2019 Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland Starkey disqualified for excessive holding
2 Win 2–0 Arturo Lopez TKO 6 (6), 2:03 29 Nov 2021 Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
1 Win 1–0 Lee Connelly PTS 4 6 Oct 2018 Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, Scotland
References

References

  1. "BoxRec: Nathaniel Collins". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Boxing record for Nathaniel Collins". BoxRec.
  3. "Nathaniel Collins". Team Scotland. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  4. "BoxRec: Nathaniel Collins vs. Lee Connelly". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. MacLean, Ian (12 October 2019). "Monty Ogilvie vows he'll be back despite loss to Nathaniel Collins". Glasgow World. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  6. MacLean, Ian (27 July 2021). "Nathaniel Collins has the Commonwealth title in his sights as he returns to the ring against Felix Williams". Glasgow World. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. "Nathaniel Collins stops Felix Williams in three rounds to win Commonwealth Featherweight Title". British Boxing News. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. "Nathaniel Collins: I'm Ready To Go With Anybody, Whoever Wants It Can Get It!". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  9. "Nathaniel Collins Steps Up With UD Over Francesco Grandelli". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  10. "Nathaniel Collins knocks out Lee McGregor in round four". Boxing News Online. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  11. "Nathaniel Collins to fight European 126lbs champion Cristobal Lorente". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  12. "Nathaniel Collins, Cristobal Lorente Fight To 12-Round Split Draw In Glasgow". The Ring. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  13. "Cristobal Lorente and Nathaniel Collins share hard-fought draw for European featherweight title". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  14. "Cristobal Llorente-Nathaniel Collins II set for April 17 in Glasgow". boxingscene.com.
  15. "WBC World Title Eliminator: Nathaniel Collins and Cristóbal Lorente Set for a sizzling rematch". wbcboxing.com.
  16. "Cristobal Lorente survives knockdown to outbox Nathaniel Collins for decision win". dazn.com.
  17. "Nathaniel Collins finds his nightmare opponent in Cristobal Lorente". boxingscene.com.
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