Hutchinson's mission to fulfil childhood prophecy

Scotland's Willy Hutchinson is out to realise the dream he wrote about as a 13-year-old when he fights Joshua Buatsi for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title this weekend. Scotland's Willy Hutchinson will be on a mission to realise the dream he wrote about as a 13-year-old when he fights for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title on Saturday. Hutchinson and British rival Joshua Buatsi meet in a rematch at Manchester's AO Arena, just over two years after Buatsi earned a split-decision win in a thrilling first contest. At the final news conference before the championship fight, Hutchinson, 28, explained that he jotted down his boxing goals as a teenager while working with his dad – and becoming WBC champion was at the top.

After David Benavidez gave up the WBC gold to move up to cruiserweight, a fight that was originally scheduled to be for the interim title was upgraded. "I wrote on a pen and book that I'll become Scottish, British, European and world amateur champion," Hutchinson said. "On the opposite side of this book – I'm 13 and I still have this book to this day – I wrote that I'll become WBC champion of the world. "I already got the silver and the international and now I'm fighting for the main belt." The 'Hutch-Train' became the first Scottish