Isaac Lowe v Lee McGregor - Tale of the Tape: Weight, height, reach, trainers, records & more

We analyse the credentials and statistics of domestic featherweight rivals Isaac Lowe and Lee McGregor as the pair get set to collide on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury 2 on Saturday night.

Isaac Lowe and Lee McGregor will likely raise the predicted 21 degrees temperature in Riyadh when they throw down on Saturday night.

Their 10-round featherweight bout is a tasty looking aperitif before the heavyweights take centre stage later in the evening.

The odds suggest that there isn’t a lot to separate the two fighters, but who will win?

Let’s look at the 'Tale of the Tape'...

Isaac Lowe v Lee McGregor - Tale of the Tape

	Isaac Lowe	Lee McGregor
Age:	30	27
Nickname:	'Westgate Warrior'	'Lightning'
Height:	5ft 7ins	5ft 7.5ins
Reach:	67ins	68ins
Weight:	Featherweight	Featherweight
Trainer:	Bob Howard	John McCarron
Record:	25-2-3 (8 KOs)	14-1-1 (11 KOs)
Last Fight:	Won (PTS) v Hasibullah Ahmadi (May 2024)	Won (TKO) v Deiner Polo (October 2024)

Isaac Lowe - In Profile

Isaac Lowe has enjoyed a fruitful career during his time as part of Tyson Fury’s team.

Lowe trains with the former heavyweight champion and can often be found on Fury undercards, a trait which continues on Saturday night in Riyadh.

The ‘Westgate Warrior’ faces Lee McGregor in the Middle East, a bout that represents his toughest test since losing to Nick Ball in April 2022.

Ball eventually bulldozed his way to victory and announced his arrival on the world stage before becoming a world champion earlier this year.

That defeat provided further evidence that Lowe's world title aspirations were likely to never bare fruition, having previously been beaten up by Luis Alberto Lopez in December 2021.

This weekend, the 30-year-old goes in as the underdog but his activity of late, albeit against moderate opposition, is an advantage against Lee McGregor, whose career has been plagued with inactivity.

As soon as the first bell rings, Lowe will no doubt look to swarm and suffocate the Scot with his work-rate and frantic style, and from there we will see if McGregor will use his own boxing abilities to box and move instead of engaging with the Englishman.

It's an intriguing fight and, on paper, a 50-50, but Lowe’s recklessness and struggles in the past against low level opponents could catch up with him on Saturday.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Frantic style	Reckless
Work-rate	Heart rules head
Movement	Back onto ropes too often
Combinations	Concentration

Lee McGregor - In Profile

Three years ago Lee McGregor looked nailed on to challenge for a world title, at the very least.

The Edinburgh fighter blazed through the bantamweight division winning British, Commonwealth and European titles after 10 fights, but life outside the ring hasn’t been as straightforward for the Scot.

Family bereavements, personal issues and injuries have sadly set his career back despite his early achievements, whilst he has arguably worked with too many trainers during that time, including Ben Davison and Billy Nelson.

McGregor is craving consistency and continuity, and there's no doubt that he needs it!

He appeared destined to one day operate at featherweight given his physical frame, and now he is working back with his old amateur trainer John McCarron, he will hope that his time is now.

Come Saturday night we should see a revitalised and rejuvenated operator performing at a level good enough to beat Lowe, but that loss to Erik Robles Ayala last year has left further question marks over his career potential.

This is a defining night and moment for him.

Strengths	Weaknesses
Body shots	Heart rules his head
Inside combinations	Inactivity
Physicality	Neglects fundamentals
Hooks	Open to body shots