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Conah Walker

Conah Walker is an English professional boxer. He has held the IBF Intercontinental and WBA International welterweight titles since December 2025. Walker is also a former British and Commonwealth welterweight champion.

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Conah Walker
Personal information
Nickname
The Wolf
NationalityEnglish
BornConah Walker
(1995-05-19) 19 May 19952
WeightWelterweight
Boxing career
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record1
Total fights22
Wins18
Win by KO9
Losses3
Draws1

Conah Walker (born 19 May 1995) is an English professional boxer. He has held the IBF Intercontinental and WBA International welterweight titles since December 2025. Walker is also a former British and Commonwealth welterweight champion.

Early life and amateur career

As a teenager, Walker was excluded from school and spent nearly two years in a junior detention centre.3 He joined Merridale ABC in Wolverhampton and compiled an amateur record of 30 wins from 33 bouts.34

Professional boxing career

Originally trained by former world champion Ricky Hatton, Walker made his professional boxing debut on 22 September 2018, recording a fourth round stoppage win over Jan Prokes.45 He claimed the vacant Midlands Area welterweight title thanks to a points success over Levi Ferguson in Sheffield on 28 May 2021.67

On 19 August 2023, Walker won the WBA International welterweight title by defeating the previously unbeaten Cyrus Pattinson at Utilita Arena in Birmingham, knocking him to the canvas three times during the contest, before his opponent retired at the end of the eighth round.89

He successfully defended his belt by stopping Lloyd Germain in round three at Ulster Hall in Belfast on 27 January 2024,1011 but lost the title via unanimous decision to Lewis Crocker at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham on 22 June 2024.1213

Returning to the same venue, Walker got back to winning ways with a unanimous decision victory over former British champion Lewis Ritson on 30 November 2024.1415 In his next fight, he won the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles with an 11th round stoppage of defending champion Harry Scarff at Nottingham Arena on 25 January 2025.161718

Having vacated the Commonwealth title, Walker made the first defense of his British championship against Liam Taylor at bp pulse LIVE Arena in Birmingham on 21 June 2025.19 He won via knockout in the seventh round.2021

Walker faced Pat McCormack for the vacant IBF Intercontinental and WBA International welterweight titles at Salle des Étoiles in Monte Carlo on 6 December 2025.22 He won by knockout in the final round, unleashing a barrage of punches which sent his opponent tumbling through the ropes and unable to beat the referee's 10 count.2324 Shortly after the fight he vacated his British title.25

In January 2026, Walker was named fighter of the year and given an outstanding achievement honour at the Midlands Boxing Awards.26

He faced Sam Eggington in a non-title catchweight bout at University of Wolverhampton at The Halls in Wolverhampton on 2 May 2026.27 Walker sent his opponent to the canvas with a punch to his body in the eighth round and went on to win via stoppage when the referee stepped in to halt the fight as Eggington sustained a series of unanswered blows in the 10th round.2829

Professional boxing record

22 fights 18 wins 3 losses
By knockout 9 0
By decision 9 3
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
22 Win 18–3–1 Sam Eggington TKO 10 (12) 1:59 May 2, 2026 University of Wolverhampton at The Halls, Wolverhampton, England
21 Win 17–3–1 Pat McCormack KO 12 (12) 2:16 Dec 6, 2025 Salle des Étoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco Won vacant WBA International and IBF Inter-Continental welterweight titles
20 Win 16–3–1 Liam Taylor KO 7 (12) 0:45 Jun 21, 2025 bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham, England Retained British welterweight title
19 Win 15–3–1 Harry Scarff TKO 11 (12) 1:23 Jan 25, 2025 Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, England Won British and Commonwealth welterweight titles
18 Win 14–3–1 Lewis Ritson UD 10 Nov 30, 2024 bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham, England
17 Loss 13–3–1 Lewis Crocker UD 10 Jun 22, 2024 bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham, England
16 Win 13–2–1 Lloyd Germain TKO 3 (10) 1:33 Jan 27, 2024 Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Retained WBA International welterweight title
15 Win 12–2–1 Cyrus Pattinson RTD 8 (10) 3:00 Aug 19, 2023 Uilita Arena, Birmingham, England Won WBA International welterweight title
14 Loss 11–2–1 Kane Gardner PTS 8 Mar 24, 2023 Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England
13 Win 11–1–1 Iliyan Markov PTS 6 May 6, 2022 The Hangar Events Venue, Wolverhampton, England
12 Loss 10–1–1 Samuel Antwi UD 10 Feb 5, 2022 Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff, Wales For English welterweight title
11 Win 10–0–1 Jack Ewbank TKO 1 (6) 2:07 Oct 1, 2021 The Hangar Events Venue, Wolverhampton, England
10 Win 9–0–1 Levi Ferguson PTS 10 May 28, 2021 Sheffield Arena Carpark, Sheffield, England Won Midlands Area welterweight title
9 Win 8–0–1 Nathan Bendon PTS 6 Aug 22, 2020 Fly By Nite Rehearsal Studios, Redditch, England
8 Win 7–0–1 Danny Little PTS 4 Feb 22, 2020 Holte Suite, Villa Park, Birmingham, England
7 Win 6–0–1 Edvinas Puplauskas PTS 6 Oct 18, 2019 The Hangar Events Venue, Wolverhampton, England
6 Draw 5–0–1 Ohio Kain Iremiren PTS 6 July 28, 2019 The Venue, Dudley, England
5 Win 5–0 Nathan Bendon PTS 6 May 11, 2019 Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England
4 Win 4–0 Arvydas Trizno KO 3 (6) 1:42 Mar 9, 2019 Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England
3 Win 3–0 Kevin McCauley PTS 4 Dec 8, 2018 Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England
2 Win 2–0 Rudolf Durica PTS 4 Oct 20, 2018 Kings Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, England
1 Win 1–0 Jan Prokes TKO 4 (4) 1:54 Sep 22, 2018 Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England
References

References

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  12. "Crocker defeated Walker in big fight in Birmingham". wbaboxing.com. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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