Lewis Crocker

 ( 1997 Births ) 

Lewis Crocker (born 6 January 1997) 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.

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Amateur career Amateur boxing 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 (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.

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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.

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Professional boxing record

22	Win	22–0	Paddy Donovan		12	13 Sep 2025
21	Win	21–0	Paddy Donovan		8 (12),	1 Mar 2025
20	Win	20–0	Conah Walker	UD	10	22 Jun 2024
19	Win	19–0	José Félix Jr.	TKO	5 (10),	27 Jan 2024
18	Win	18–0	Tyrone McKenna		10	2 Dec 2023
17	Win	17–0	Greyvin Mendoza	TKO	4 (8),	4 Aug 2023
16	Win	16–0	Octavian Gratii	PTS	6	20 May 2023
15	Win	15–0	Joel Julio	KO	2 (6),	14 Apr 2023
14	Win	14–0	Artem Haroyan	TKO	7 (10),	05 Nov 2021
13	Win	13–0	Deniz Ilbay	PTS	10	12 Mar 2021
12	Win	12–0	Louis Greene	TKO	7 (10),	26 Aug 2020
11	Win	11–0	John Thain	PTS	8	1 Feb 2020
10	Win	10–0	Ohio Kain Iremiren	PTS	6	11 Oct 2019
9	Win	9–0	Karim Aliliche	PTS	6	21 Jun 2019
8	Win	8–0	Jumanne Camero	PTS	6	17 May 2019
7	Win	7–0	William Warburton		6	18 Aug 2018
6	Win	6–0	Adam Grabiec	TKO	1 (4),	30 Jun 2018
5	Win	5–0	Scott James	TKO	3 (4)	21 Apr 2018
4	Win	4–0	Gyula Rozsas	TKO	2 (4),	18 Nov 2017
3	Win	3–0	Sylwester Walczak		1 (4),	29 Jul 2017
2	Win	2–0	Radoslav Mitev	TKO	2 (4),	17 Jun 2017
1	Win	1–0	Ferenc Jarko		1 (4),	10 Mar 2017

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See also

• List of male boxers
• List of British world boxing champions
• List of world welterweight boxing champions

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External links

• Lewis Crocker - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live

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