Nicholas "Tha Axe Man" Walters (born 4 January 1986) is a Jamaican professional boxer. He held the WBA featherweight title from 2014 to 2015, having previously held the Regular version from 2012 to 2014.

Personal life Born in Montego Bay, Walters attended the Roehampton Primary and Anchovy High School. Walters is nicknamed "The Axe Man"."Ready to Rumble on JamRock ... Walters, Prescott square off in Wray & Nephew thriller ", Jamaica Star, 7 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012 He is the son of former boxer Job Walters."Like Father, Like Son", Jamaica Gleaner, 1 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012 He began boxing at the age of ten and had his first professional fight at the age of 22 against Estaban Ramos of Panama.

Amateur career Walters had a successful amateur career prior to turning professional, winning the 2005 and 2006 Caribbean Championships gold medal at featherweight, and falling short at the 2007 World Championships at featherweight against Bashir Hassan and in 2008 at the America's Olympic Qualifier at featherweight against Miguel Marriaga. He later went on to defeat Marriaga as a professional.

Professional career

Walters captured the WBA Fedelatin title in 2009, and successfully defended it four times. He won the vacant WBA (Regular) World Featherweight title on 8 December 2012, against Colombian Daulis Prescott during the annual KO Drugs Festival in Jamaica,"Nicholas Walters new WBA Featherweight champion ", WBA, 9 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012 via seventh-round knockout.

Walters vs. Donaire Making good on his prediction of a knockout in either the 5th or 6th round,"Walters: I'm knocking out Donaire in 5–6 rounds " Walters defeated Nonito Donaire in a close competitive fight by technical knockout in the 6th round to capture the WBA World Featherweight Championship. He was promoted to Super Champion status in February 2015.

Walters vs. Marriaga Walters originally weighed in at 127.4 pounds for his fight against Miguel Marriaga, who weighed in at 125.2 pounds. Walters was given 2 hours to drop to at least 126 pounds, the maximum limit of the Featherweight division. Walters did not succeed, being able only to drop to 127 pounds. Thus, he was stripped of the title. Walters defeated Marriaga by unanimous decision.

Walters vs. Sosa He then moved to 130lbs, where he was held to a draw by Jason Sosa. Most observers thought Walters clearly won, and the result was controversial. Despite a dominant performance by Walters, one judge had Sosa winning the fight, 96–94, while the other two had it a draw, 95–95.

Walters vs. Lomachenko Walters remained inactive for a year following this fight, before taking on Vasiliy Lomachenko in Las Vegas. Lomachenko, who was considered as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, dominated the fight before Walters quit in the seventh round.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes32LossLuis Torres ValenzuelaRTD3 (10), 8 Mar 202531Win29–1–1Joseph AdornoUD1027 Mar 202430Win28–1–1Reynaldo EsquiviaTKO2 (8), 22 Nov 202329Win27–1–1Luis Diaz MarmolUD825 Feb 202328Loss26–1–1Vasiliy LomachenkoRTD7 (12), 26 Nov 201627Draw26–0–1Jason Sosa1019 Dec 201526Win26–0Miguel MarriagaUD1213 Jun 201525Win25–0Nonito DonaireTKO6 (12), 18 Oct 201424Win24–0Vic DarchinyanKO5 (12), 31 May 201423Win23–0Alberto GarzaTKO4 (12), 9 Nov 201322Win22–0Daulis PrescottTKO7 (12), 8 Dec 201221Win21–0Gustavo SandovalTKO4 (10), 21 Jul 201220Win20–0Hector Javier MarquezUD1031 Mar 201219Win19–0Irving BerryTKO6 (11), 22 Oct 201118Win18–0Argel SalinasTKO2 (11), 16 Jun 201117Win17–0Gonzalo MunguiaTKO8 (11)18 Dec 201016Win16–0Julio CamanoTKO4 (8), 16 Oct 201015Win15–0Jose Miguel Payares5 (11)31 Jul 201014Win14–0Alexander AlonsoTKO6 (6), 30 Apr 201013Win13–0Carlos Manuel ReyesUD1118 Dec 200912Win12–0Ernesto Vasquez BatiojaKO6 (6), 8 Aug 200911Win11–0Leovigildo SirisKO1 (6), 28 May 200910Win10–0Gilberto ArmuellesKO1 (4), 28 Mar 20099Win9–0Jose FonsecaKO4 (8), 28 Feb 20098Win8–0Julio JacoboTKO3 (4)14 Feb 20097Win7–0Alejandro CorralesUD613 Dec 20086Win6–0Ovidio MojicaTKO4 (6), 5 Dec 20085Win5–0Raul MirandaKO1 (4), 22 Nov 20084Win4–0Javier JimenezTKO4 (4)30 Oct 20083Win3–0Armando Carpintero1 (4), 11 Sep 20082Win2–0Luis Gonzalez2 (4), 19 Aug 20081Win1–0Esteban Ramos42 Aug 2008

References

External links

Nicholas Walters – Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live