Lillie Winch: 2026 & Beyond

Lillie Winch: 2026 & Beyond

Lillie Winch turned professional in 2024. She has received many plaudits since. Five fights. Five wins. The 23-year-old is seemingly on the right path and is already being hailed as one of the best British female prospects around. The coming year is when she should move into major title contention.

In those five fights, only Valgerdur Gudsteinsdottir has taken a round off her. The super-featherweight prospect is moving along quite nicely.

After a short injury-related absence, Winch will return next month for fight number six. A scheduled eight-rounder against Linzi Buczynskyj in Brentwood on a Top Tier card. It could be the start of a very big year for the unbeaten Enfield prospect.

Winch, a strong ticket seller, could be a little gem of a fighter for Johnny Clark and his Top Tier promotion. If, as expected, she continues to win and impress in the coming months, Winch could become one of the breakthrough fighters of 2026.

The Rod Julian-trained fighter has a ready-made domestic opponent in Harli Whitwell. Once Whitwell returns from her knee injury and gets a couple of comeback wins under her belt, Clark hopes to match Winch and Whitwell together, hopefully, with the British title on the line. There are few better fights in women’s boxing in the UK. Two prospects who could legitimately fight for world honours in the coming years.

I do think Lillie Winch goes under the radar somewhat, but by the close of play in 2026, that will almost certainly not be the case.