Who will Joshua Buatsi 🇬🇧 fight next?
Short answer
Joshua Buatsi is booked to fight Willy Hutchinson on Sat 7 Nov 2026 at AO Arena, Manchester.
Confidence: High · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Joshua Buatsi's next opponent. These are not chances of winning. The booked fight is official, and the rest covers a late change of opponent.
- Willy Hutchinson92%chance next opponentJoshua Buatsi beat Zach Parker on 1 Nov 2025 (MD). Announced by Queensberry, with the WBC interim light heavyweight title on the line.7 Nov 2026 · AO Arena, Manchester
Field / other: 8%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Zach Parker · MD · 1 Nov 2025
- Confidence
- High (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Joshua Buatsi: frequently asked questions
When is Joshua Buatsi's next fight?
Joshua Buatsi is booked to fight Willy Hutchinson on Sat 7 Nov 2026 at AO Arena, Manchester. Source: Queensberry: Buatsi v Hutchinson booked in for November 7.
Who did Joshua Buatsi fight last?
Joshua Buatsi beat Zach Parker on 1 Nov 2025 (MD). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Joshua Buatsi likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Willy Hutchinson (92%), field / other 8%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Joshua Buatsi's record?
20–1 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 1 Nov 2025, as listed on Wikipedia.
Other light heavyweight boxers
- Callum Smith🇬🇧 · WBO interim light heavyweight · next: Dmitry Bivol 70%
- Dmitry Bivol🇷🇺 · WBA (Super) light heavyweight · next: Callum Smith 70%
- Artur Beterbiev🇷🇺 · No world title listed · next: Dmitry Bivol 10%
More: Light Heavyweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Joshua Buatsi · record and last fight (revision 1377891903)
- Queensberry: Buatsi v Hutchinson booked in for November 7
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.