Nathaniel Collins
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | The Nightmare[1] |
| Born | 12 August 1996 |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1] |
| Weight | Featherweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Southpaw[1] |
| Boxing record[3] | |
| Total fights | 19 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Win by KO | 8 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
Nathaniel Collins (born 12 August 1996[2]) 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.
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 2023[8] 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.[12][13]
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.[16][17]