Team Ireland Olympian Kurt Walker has turned professional.
The 26-year-old featherweight has signed a "multi-fight promotional contract" with promotion company Top Rank, with a debut professional fight to be confirmed in the near future.
"Delighted to announce I've signed a professional contract. Biggest day of my career so," Walker said on Twitter.
🚨𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙉𝙀𝘿 ✍️
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) November 10, 2021
After an impressive run at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, European amateur standout @KurtWalker7 has inked a multi-fight promotional contract with Top Rank. pic.twitter.com/Fmm9dyP4hN
The Lisburn native was part of Ireland's boxing team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and beat top seed Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov of Uzbekistan to reach the quarter-finals of the men's featherweight division.
Walker was eliminated in the last-eight via split decision against American opponent Duke Ragan.
Previously in the amateur ranks, he had been a gold medal winner at the EU Elite Men's Championships in 2019.
'It was a good fight, I pushed on too late. I won 2 rounds out of 3. It was so close. I'm proud of myself, I beat the world champion'@kurtwalker7 bows out in style#olympics #tokyo2020 #RTESport #boxing
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) August 1, 2021
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