The FightPost Potential Stars of the Future: Hannah Robinson

The FightPost Potential Stars of the Future: Hannah Robinson

Women’s boxing has struggled somewhat of late. The peak of interest has dwindled, certainly to what it was only a few years ago. In many ways, with a few notable exceptions, progress stalled in 2024, and even world champions struggled to find what they needed. Certain promoters lost interest and downscaled their time and financial investment. But Jake Paul and his Most Valuable Promotions saw something everyone else didn’t. MVP is assembling a stable of stars. Some might say Jake Paul has saved women’s boxing. They wouldn’t be that far off the mark. Where would it be without him? Paul is making some serious moves. It really is the place to be. But inside or outside of that MVP, the talent is there.

In the UK alone, there are the elite fighters of the modern era that still reside at the top of those ever-debatable pound-for-pound rankings. Ellie Scotney, Chantelle Cameron, and Lauren Price currently have or previously held multiple versions of the world title between them. Caroline Dubois could be a potential superstar of her sport. We also have the likes of Karriss Artingstall and Emma Dolan, who will, in the not-too-distant future, be challenging for world titles. But for the sport to thrive rather than merely survive, the female side of the sport badly needs the future generation to come through the ranks. With the right promotion and opportunity, those fighters are very much there. In a series of incoming features, I will highlight some of those fighters who could make that all-important breakthrough in the next twelve months.

In previous articles, I have already highlighted two unbeaten prospects, Jade Pearce and Harli Whitwell, who could even be sharing a ring together somewhere down the line when the pair start chasing and challenging for titles in the super-featherweight division.

Gemma Richardson, an unbeaten lightweight hopeful, is an incredibly enticing prospect who looks to have an amateur pedigree to offer much encouragement and a style that looks tailor-made for the professional ranks. Richardson is only two fights into her professional career, but there is every chance that at some point in 2026, the Scunthorpe fighter will be in the title picture. A potential rival for Richardson is Hannah Robinson.

The 31-year-old is a little further into her professional career than Richardson. Since making her maiden ring walk in 2024, Robinson is now unbeaten in four fights in, and will next face the tough and ever-reliable Beccy Ferguson next month. Robinson is coming off the best win of her professional career to date, a six-round points victory over Georgia Klein in June that will convince many that talk of Robinson winning world titles has much validity.

The former two-time National amateur champion has always had a touch of class about her. The manner of her win over Klein demonstrated little glimpses of her potential. “I want to be challenged in every fight and be ready for the big opportunity when it comes,” Robinson once told me. Encouraging and sensible words. “I am capable of winning a world title.” Robinson believes in her own talent, but equally, she knows the importance of learning her trade before she arrives on the big stage.

Hannah Robinson has been a sparring partner for the likes of Natasha Jonas, Terri Harper, Chantelle Cameron, Rhiannon Dixon, and many others. World champions who know the value of spending minutes with Robinson. But the North-East fighter wants to forge her own path and be a world champion herself in the coming years. There is every chance Robinson will, at the very least, get the opportunity to fight for a version of the world title. In truth, it could and should be a whole lot more than that.