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.
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.
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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes23Loss22–1Liam ParoUD1224 Jun 202622Win22–0Paddy Donovan1213 Sep 202521Win21–0Paddy Donovan8 (12), 1 Mar 202520Win20–0Conah WalkerUD1022 Jun 202419Win19–0José Félix Jr.TKO5 (10), 27 Jan 202418Win18–0Tyrone McKenna102 Dec 202317Win17–0Greyvin MendozaTKO4 (8), 4 Aug 202316Win16–0Octavian GratiiPTS620 May 202315Win15–0Joel JulioKO2 (6), 14 Apr 202314Win14–0Artem HaroyanTKO7 (10), 05 Nov 202113Win13–0Deniz IlbayPTS10 12 Mar 202112Win12–0Louis GreeneTKO7 (10), 26 Aug 202011Win11–0John ThainPTS81 Feb 202010Win10–0Ohio Kain IremirenPTS611 Oct 20199Win9–0Karim AlilichePTS621 Jun 20198Win8–0Jumanne CameroPTS617 May 20197Win7–0William Warburton618 Aug 20186Win6–0Adam GrabiecTKO1 (4), 30 Jun 20185Win5–0Scott JamesTKO3 (4)21 Apr 20184Win4–0Gyula RozsasTKO2 (4), 18 Nov 20173Win3–0Sylwester Walczak1 (4), 29 Jul 20172Win2–0Radoslav MitevTKO2 (4), 17 Jun 20171Win1–0Ferenc Jarko1 (4), 10 Mar 2017
See also List of male boxers List of British world boxing champions List of world welterweight boxing champions
References
External links
Lewis Crocker - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live