Lee McGregor (born 24 December 1996) is a Scottish professional boxer. He has challenged once for the IBO super-bantamweight title in 2023. At regional level, he held the European, British, and Commonwealth bantamweight titles between 2018 and 2023.
Professional career McGregor made his professional debut on 11 November 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory against Stefan Sashev at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh.
After compiling a record of 3–0 (3 KOs), he defeated Goodluck Mrema via second-round TKO to capture the vacant IBF Youth bantamweight title on 23 June 2018, at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.
His next fight came against former Commonwealth flyweight champion Thomas Essomba on 13 October at the York Hall in London, with the vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title on the line. McGregor captured the title via twelfth-round knockout (KO) victory in only his fifth professional bout. Following a points decision (PTS) victory against Brett Fidoe in a non-title fight in May 2019, Mcgregor made the first defence of his Commonwealth title, defeating Scott Allan via eighth-round TKO on 22 June at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
McGregor returned to the Emirates Stadium for his next fight, facing British bantamweight champion and fellow Scot, Kash Farooq, on 16 November in a unification fight for the British and Commonwealth titles. In what was described by media outlets as a "controversial decision", McGregor emerged victorious via twelve-round split decision (SD) with two judges scoring the bout 115–112 and 114–113 in favour of McGregor, while the third judge scored it 114–113 to Farooq.
Following a TKO victory against Ryan Walker in a non-title fight in August 2020, McGregor sought to add another title to his collection by challenging reigning champion Karim Guerfi for the European bantamweight title on 19 March 2021, at the Whites Hotel in Bolton, England. McGregor knocked his opponent to the canvas three times in the first round. Guerfi made it back to his feet on all three occasions, however, the referee called a halt to the contest after the third knockdown at 2:43 of the round.
McGregor made his first European bantamweight title defense against Vincent Legrand on 6 August 2021, at the Falls Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on the undercard of the WBA interim featherweight title clash between Michael Conlan and T. J. Doheny. McGregor had a poor start to the fight, as he was knocked down in the second round, but successfully rallied back to knock Legrand out in the fourth round.
Switching weight divisions, he faced Erik Robles Ayala for the vacant IBO super-bantamweight title at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 21 July 2023, losing via unanimous decision.
McGregor defeated Isaac Lowe via unanimous decision on 21 December 2024, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of the undercard for the heavyweight world title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
He faced Nathaniel Collins for the vacant WBC Silver featherweight title at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 24 May 2025. McGregor lost by stoppage in the fourth round.
On 16 May 2026, he fought Michael Gomez Jr. for the vacant WBA International lightweight title at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England. Having been knocked to the canvas in the fourth round, McGregor lost by technical knockout in the sixth round when his corner threw in the towel after he came under a barrage of unanswered blows.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes20LossMichael Gomez Jr.TKO6 (10), 16 May 202619Win16–2–1Emiliano Leonel AraujoPTS613 Mar 202618Loss15–2–1Nathaniel CollinsTKO4 (12), 24 May 202517Win15–1–1Isaac LoweUD1021 Dec 202416Win14–1–1Deiner PoloTKO3 (6), 4 Oct 202415Win13–1–1Jorge MoyaTKO2 (8), 18 May 202414Loss12–1–1Erik Robles Ayala1221 Jul 202313Win12–0–1Alexis Boureima KaborePTS84 Mar 202312Draw11–0–1Diego Alberto Ruiz1011 Feb 202211Win11–0Vincent LegrandKO4 (12), 6 Aug 202110Win10–0Karim GuerfiTKO1 (12), 19 Mar 20219Win9–0Ryan WalkerTKO5 (10), 26 Aug 20208Win8–0Ukashir Farooq1216 Nov 20197Win7–0Scott AllanTKO8 (12), 22 Jun 20196Win6–0Brett Fidoe 618 May 20195Win5–0Thomas Essomba12 (12), 13 Oct 20184Win4–0Goodluck MremaTKO4 (10), 23 Jun 20183Win3–0Pablo Narvaez TKO2 (8), 3 Mar 20182Win2–0Kamil Jaworek TKO2 (4), 2 Dec 20171Win 1–0Stefan Sashev1 (4), 11 Nov 2017
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