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. He joined Merridale ABC in Wolverhampton and compiled an amateur record of 30 wins from 33 bouts.
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. He claimed the vacant Midlands Area welterweight 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 Resorts World Arena 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 British and Commonwealth 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 made the first defense of his British championship against Liam Taylor at bp pulse LIVE Arena in Birmingham on 21 June 2025. He won via knockout in the seventh round.
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. 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. Shortly after the fight he vacated his British title.
In January 2026, Walker was named fighter of the year and given an outstanding achievement honour at the Midlands Boxing Awards.
He faced Sam Eggington in a non-title catchweight bout at University of Wolverhampton at The Halls in Wolverhampton on 2 May 2026. 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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes22Win18–3–1Sam EggingtonTKO10 (12) May 2, 202621Win17–3–1Pat McCormackKO12 (12) Dec 6, 202520Win16–3–1Liam TaylorKO7 (12) Jun 21, 202519Win15–3–1Harry ScarffTKO11 (12) Jan 25, 202518Win14–3–1Lewis RitsonUD10Nov 30, 202417Loss13–3–1Lewis CrockerUD10Jun 22, 202416Win13–2–1Lloyd GermainTKO3 (10) Jan 27, 202415Win12–2–1Cyrus Pattinson8 (10) Aug 19, 202314Loss11–2–1Kane GardnerPTS8Mar 24, 202313Win11–1–1Iliyan MarkovPTS6May 6, 202212Loss10–1–1Samuel Antwi10Feb 5, 202211Win10–0–1Jack EwbankTKO1 (6) Oct 1, 202110Win9–0–1Levi FergusonPTS10May 28, 20219Win8–0–1Nathan BendonPTS6Aug 22, 20208Win7–0–1Danny LittlePTS4Feb 22, 20207Win6–0–1Edvinas PuplauskasPTS6Oct 18, 20196Draw5–0–1Ohio Kain IremirenPTS6July 28, 20195Win5–0Nathan BendonPTS6May 11, 20194Win4–0Arvydas Trizno3 (6) Mar 9, 20193Win3–0Kevin McCauleyPTS4Dec 8, 20182Win2–0Rudolf Durica4Oct 20, 20181Win1–0Jan Prokes4 (4) Sep 22, 2018
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