Lewis Crocker


Lewis Crocker is a Northern Irish professional boxer. He has held the IBF welterweight title since 2025.
Lewis 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.

Amateur career

in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland is governed by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association. As an amateur, Crocker fought out of the Cairn Lodge Boxing Club in Belfast before eventually moving to Holy Trinity in the west of the city. His first major honour came in July 2011, when he represented Ireland in the European Schoolboy Championships. He earned a bronze medal for his efforts. 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. 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 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.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
22Win22–0Paddy Donovan1213 Sep 2025Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKWon vacant IBF welterweight title
21Win21–0Paddy Donovan8, 3:001 Mar 2025SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKDonovan disqualified for flooring Crocker after the bell
20Win20–0Conah WalkerUD1022 Jun 2024Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England, UKWon vacant WBA International welterweight title
19Win19–0José Félix Jr.TKO5, 1:5327 Jan 2024Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
18Win18–0Tyrone McKenna102 Dec 2023SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKWon vacant WBA Continental Welterweight Title
17Win17–0Greyvin MendozaTKO4, 2:294 Aug 2023Falls Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
16Win16–0Octavian GratiiPTS620 May 2023DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
15Win15–0Joel JulioKO2, 1:5914 Apr 2023Glasgow Boxing Academy, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
14Win14–0Artem HaroyanTKO7, 0:4705 Nov 2021Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKRetained WBO European welterweight title
13Win13–0Deniz IlbayPTS1012 Mar 2021Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton, England, UKRetained WBO European welterweight title
12Win12–0Louis GreeneTKO7, 2:0226 Aug 2020Production Park Studios, South Kirkby, England, UKWon vacant WBO European welterweight title
11Win11–0John ThainPTS81 Feb 2020Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
10Win10–0Ohio Kain IremirenPTS611 Oct 2019Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
9Win9–0Karim AlilichePTS621 Jun 2019Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
8Win8–0Jumanne CameroPTS617 May 2019Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
7Win7–0William Warburton618 Aug 2018Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
6Win6–0Adam GrabiecTKO1, 1:1930 Jun 2018SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
5Win5–0Scott JamesTKO3 21 Apr 2018SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
4Win4–0Gyula RozsasTKO2, 1:5018 Nov 2017SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
3Win3–0Sylwester Walczak1, 1:4729 Jul 2017Tudor Grange Leisure Centre, Solihull, England, UK
2Win2–0Radoslav MitevTKO2, 2:3217 Jun 2017Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
1Win1–0Ferenc Jarko1, 1:0710 Mar 2017Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK