Amy Andrew (born 28 January 1986) is a New Zealand professional boxer who is a former Commonwealth female featherweight champion.
Amateur career While working as a journalist for MailOnline, Andrew was inspired to take up boxing after attending the London 2012 Olympics.
She trained at Haringey Gym in London and went on to have an amateur career which included representing New Zealand, the country of her mother's birth, at the Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India, where she beat Algeria's Khelif Hedjila in her first bout before losing in the round-of-32 to future professional world champion Skye Nicolson from Australia.
Andrew also won the England Boxing National Amateur Championships elite female featherweight title in 2019, defeating number one seed Raven Chapman by unanimous decision in the final held in Manchester.
Professional career Andrew turned professional in 2021 and made her pro-debut on 21 August that year at York Hall in London where she beat Estonia's Polina Golubeva on points in a six-round contest.
She claimed the vacant Commonwealth female featherweight title with a unanimous decision win over Linzi Buczynskyj on 27 April 2024, in a bout held at Brentwood Centre in Essex.
Andrew is scheduled to face undefeated Shona Whitwell for the vacant WBO European female featherweight title at York Hall in London on 6 December 2026.
Personal life Andrew is married to fellow professional boxer Numan Hussain.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes9Win9–0Eva CantosUD823 May 20268Win8–0Kira CarterPTS613 December 20257Win7–0Linzi BuczynskyjUD1027 April 20246Win6–0Vaida MasiokaitePTS610 February 20245Win5–0Angelika OlesPTS813 October 20234Win4–0Wendellin CruzPTS610 June 20233Win3–0Cristina BunsuiocPTS428 April 20232Win2–0Vanesa CaballeroPTS614 October 20211Win1–0Polina GolubevaPTS621 August 2021
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