Conah Walker (born 19 May 1995) is an English

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who has held the

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title since 25 January 2025. He is also a former

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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. He joined Merridale ABC in

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and compiled an amateur record of 30 wins from 33 bouts.

Professional boxing career

Originally trained by former world champion

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, Walker made his professional boxing debut on 22 September 2018, recording a fourth round stoppage win over Jan Prokes. He claimed the vacant Midlands Area

title thanks to a points success over Levi Ferguson in Sheffield on 28 May 2021. 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. He successfully defended his belt by stopping Lloyd Germain in round three at Ulster Hall in Belfast on 27 January 2024, but lost the title via unanimous decision to Lewis Crocker at

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in Birmingham on 22 June 2024. 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. In his next fight, he won the

and

welterweight titles with an 11th round stoppage of defending champion Harry Scarff at Nottingham Arena on 25 January 2025. Having vacated the Commonwealth title, Walker is scheduled to make the first defense of his British championship against Liam Taylor at bp pulse LIVE Arena in

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on 21 June 2025.

References

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