Nathaniel Collins

Nathaniel Collins (born 12 August 1996[2]) is a Scottish professional boxer who has held the British featherweight title since March 2023 and the Commonwealth featherweight title since 2021.

For the American football player, see Nate Collins.

Nathaniel Collins
Statistics
Nickname(s)The Nightmare[1]
Weight(s)Featherweight
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
Born (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996
Glasgow, Scotland[2]
StanceSouthpaw[1]
Boxing record[3]
Total fights13
Wins13
Wins by KO7

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 Celctic 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 PTS 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 TKO.[7]

Professional boxing record
12 fights 12 wins 0 losses
By knockout 6 0
By decision 5 0
By disqualification 1 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
12 Win 12-0 James Beech Jnr TKO 7 (12) 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) 18 Feb 2022 Trump Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland
9 Win 9-0 Thembani Mbangatha KO 9 (12) 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
  1. "BoxRec: Nathaniel Collins". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. "Nathaniel Collins". Team Scotland. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. "Boxing record for Nathaniel Collins". BoxRec.
  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.
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