{{Short description|New Zealand boxer (born 1986)}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox boxer |name=Amy Andrew |image= |image_size= |caption= |realname= |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1986|01|28|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/306920-amy-andrews|title=Amy Andrew|publisher=tapology.com|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> |birth_place=Belfast, Northern Ireland<ref name="boxrec">{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/854506|title=Boxrec profile of Amy Andrew|publisher=boxrec.com|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> |nationality=New Zealand |nickname= |weight=Featherweight |height=170cm<ref name="boxrec"/> |reach= |style=Orthodox |total=8 |wins=8 |KO= |losses= |draws= |no contests= }}
'''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.<ref name="newsroom">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/25284815/from-newsroom-boxing-ring-new-zealand-amy-andrew-made-ultimate-leap|title=Amy Andrew, the cool journalist who turned fiery boxer|publisher=ESPN|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
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<ref name="newsroom"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/sport/others/the-kiwi-who-quit-her-job-to-become-a-boxer/articleshow/66643042.cms|title=The Kiwi who quit her job to become a boxer|publisher=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref> before losing in the round-of-32 to future professional world champion Skye Nicolson from Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2018/news111718amateur.htm|title=THREE ROUNDS FROM DAY 3|publisher=womenboxing.com|access-date=12 June 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetottenhamindependent.co.uk/sport/17585901.haringey-boxing-clubs-amy-andrew-oriance-lungu-celebrate-national-championship-gold/|title=Haringey Boxing Club's Amy Andrew and Oriance Lungu celebrate National Championship gold|publisher=Tottenham Independent|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxingnewsonline.net/amy-andrew-winning-the-england-boxing-elite-championship-that-was-beyond-my-wildest-dreams/|title=Amy Andrew: 'Winning the England Boxing Elite championship, that was beyond my wildest dreams'|publisher=Boxing News Online|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/results/england-boxing-national-amateur-championships-2019-2/|title=132nd England Boxing National Amateur Championships|publisher=England Boxing|access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>
==Professional career== Andrew turned professional in 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxingnewsonline.net/amy-andrew-looks-to-the-pros/|title=Amy Andrew looks to the pros|publisher=boxingnewsonline.net|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/event/837826/2708769|title= Amy Andrew vs Polina Golubeva|publisher=boxrec.com|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/event/890608/3123260|title= Amy Andrew vs Linzi Buczynskyj|publisher=boxrec.com|access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.ayozat.com/story/top-tier-boxing-delivers-spectacular-night-of-battles|title=Top Tier Boxing Delivers Spectacular Night of battles|publisher=Ayo News|accessdate=8 April 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Andrew is married to fellow professional boxer Numan Hussain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/when-a-boxer-marries-another-boxer-were-juggling-chainsaws|title=When a boxer marries another boxer: 'We're juggling chainsaws'|publisher=Boxing Scene|accessdate=15 November 2025}}</ref>
==Professional boxing record== {{BoxingRecordSummary |draws= |nc= |ko-wins= |ko-losses= |dec-wins=8 |dec-losses= |dq-wins= |dq-losses= }} {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !{{abbr|No.|Number}} !Result !Record !Opponent !Type !Round, time !Date !Location !Notes |- |8 |{{yes2}}Win |8–0 |align=left|Kira Carter |PTS |6 |13 December 2024 |align=left|{{small|Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford Green, England}} | |- |7 |{{yes2}}Win |7–0 |align=left|Linzi Buczynskyj |UD |10 |27 April 2024 |align=left|{{small|Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex, England}} |align=left|{{small|Won vacant Commonwealth female featherweight title}} |- |6 |{{yes2}}Win |6–0 |align=left|Vaida Masiokaite |PTS |6 |10 February 2024 |align=left|{{small|Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, England}} | |- |5 |{{yes2}}Win |5–0 |align=left|Angelika Oles |PTS |8 |13 October 2023 |align=left|{{small|Corn Exchange, Bedford, England}} | |- |4 |{{yes2}}Win |4–0 |align=left|Wendellin Cruz |PTS |6 |10 June 2023 |align=left|{{small|Planet Ice, Solihull, England}} | |- |3 |{{yes2}}Win |3–0 |align=left|Cristina Bunsuioc |PTS |4 |28 April 2023 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England}} | |- |2 |{{yes2}}Win |2–0 |align=left|Vanesa Caballero |PTS |6 |14 October 2021 |align=left|{{small|Roma, Lazio, Italy}} | |- |1 |{{yes2}}Win |1–0 |align=left|Polina Golubeva |PTS |6 |21 August 2021 |align=left|{{small|York Hall, London, England }} | |}
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