Nathaniel Collins (born 12 August 1996) 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 twice for the European title in 2025 and 2026.
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.
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.
After a points victory against Jordan Ellison in a non-title fight in January 2021, 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.
Collins won the vacant British featherweight title by stopping James Beech Jnr in the seventh round of their fight in Glasgow on 10 March 2023 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.
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.
Collins challenged European featherweight champion Cristobal Lorente at Braehead Arena in Glasgow on 4 October 2025. The fight ended in a split draw.
A rematch between Collins and Lorente took place at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on 17 April 2026. The fight was an eliminator for a shot at the WBC featherweight title with Lorente having vacated his European crown. Collins lost the bout, and his WBC Silver featherweight title, by split decision.
Collins challenged European featherweight champion Liam Davies at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham on 26 September 2026. He was knocked to the canvas in the first round and, although he recovered to continue the fight, eventually lost when he was retired by his corner at the end of the seventh round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes20Loss17–2–1Liam DaviesRTD7 (12), 26 Sep 202619Loss17–1–1Cristobal Lorente1217 Apr 202618Draw17–0–1Cristobal Lorente124 Oct 202517Win17–0Lee McGregorTKO4 (12), 24 May 202516Win16–0Darwing MartinezPTS814 Feb 202515Win15–0Francesco GrandelliUD1211 May 202414Win14–0Zak Miller1218 Nov 202313Win13–0Raza HamzaKO1 (12), 18 Aug 202312Win12–0James Beech Jnr TKO7 (12), 10 Mar 202311Win11–0Jacob Robinson 1213 May 202210Win10–0Uriel Lopez Juarez3 (6), 18 Feb 20229Win9–0Thembani Mbangatha9 (12), 26 Nov 20218Win8–0Felix WilliamsTKO3 (12)31 Jul 20217Win7–0Jordan EllisonPTS630 Jan 20206Win6–0Monty OgilvieTKO5 (10), 5 Oct 20195Win5–0Jose HernandezPTS625 Apr 20194Win4–0Taka BemberePTS422 Mar 20193Win3–0Ricky Starkey3 (6), 31 Jan 20192Win2–0Arturo Lopez6 (6), 29 Nov 20211Win1–0Lee Connelly46 Oct 2018
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