Lewis Crocker

Lewis Crocker (born 6 January 1997) is a Northern Irish professional boxer. He held the IBF welterweight title from 2025 to 2026. He also won the WBO European welterweight title in 2020 and held the WBA Continental European title after defeating Tyrone McKenna in the Battle of Belfast on 2 December 2023.

Early life and education Born in the Sandy Row area of South Belfast, Lewis Crocker attended secondary school at Malone Integrated College in Finaghy. He initially boxed at Holy Trinity Amateur Boxing Club in West Belfast. Overall, Lewis had 97 amateur bouts, winning 90. On the way, he won seven All-Ireland junior titles. He also represented Ireland at the European Youth Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2012 as well as the World Junior Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2013. According to Irish Boxing, he holds the record for the quickest knockout in Irish amateur boxing history at under 12 seconds. He won the 2015 Irish Boxing KO of the year for this effort. In 2018, Lewis won a settlement over the Ulster Boxing Council (UBC). The UBC did not select Lewis to represent Northern Ireland in the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games despite a recommendation by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association's head coach for Ulster. Lewis believed he was not picked for the NI Commonwealth Youth Games squad because of his Protestant background or perceived unionist political opinions, all others selected were Catholic. He won an £8,500 settlement under fair employment law.

Professional career Crocker made his professional debut on 10 March 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Ferenc Jarko at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.

Crocker faced Paddy Donovan in a final eliminator for the IBF welterweight title on 1 March 2025 at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Donovan knocked Crocker to the canvas at the end of the eighth round but was disqualified after the referee ruled the bell had gone before the punch was delivered. He had already been deducted points in rounds six and eight for illegal use of the elbow and head. Donovan appealed against his disqualification and on 27 March 2025, the IBF announced it had granted him a rematch.

The rematch on 13 September 2025 at Windsor Park in Belfast for the vacant IBF welterweight title was a much closer bout than the first. Crocker fought more tactically as a counterpuncher, a style by which he dropped Donovan in rounds three and five en route to a split decision victory, winning the IBF welterweight title.

Crocker made the first defense of his title against Liam Paro at Pat Rafter Arena in Tennyson, Queensland, Australia, on 24 June 2026, losing via unanimous decision.

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