Nathaniel Collins

For the American football player, see Nate Collins.

Nathaniel Collins (born 12 August 1996^[1]) is a Scottish professional boxer. At regional level, he has held multiple featherweight championships, including the British and Commonwealth titles between 2021 and 2023.

Nathaniel Collins
Born	(1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 28) Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Other names	The Nightmare[2]
Statistics
Weight(s)	Featherweight
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[2]
Stance	Southpaw[2]
Boxing record[3]
Total fights	17
Wins	17
Wins by KO	8

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 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 vacant WBC Silver featherweight title by stopping Lee McGregor in the fourth round at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 24 May 2025.^[10]

Professional boxing record

17 fights	17 wins	0 losses
By knockout	8	0
By decision	8	0
By disqualification	1	0

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
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 Commonwealth British 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