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Gold medal winner Kurt Walker on his return home from the Minsk 2019 European Games

Olympian Kurt Walker turns pro

Team Ireland Olympian Kurt Walker has turned professional after signing a "multi-fight promotional contract" with Top Rank.

Boxing • 10 Nov 21

Eric Donovan on Rio report: 'It's no real surprise to the boxing people because we kind of knew there was suspicious behaviour going on for quite some time'

Eric Donovan: AIBA needs to get its act together

Eric Donovan says the results from an independent investigation into the Olympic boxing competition at Rio 2016 were "alarming" but hopes it is the starting point for a cleaner future.

Boxing • 01 Oct 21

Kurt Walker (L) in action against Duke Ragan

Eric Donovan: Fantastic Kurt Walker was so unlucky

Eric Donovan has broken down the round-by-round scoring and believes Kurt Walker did enough to win his featherweight quarter-final against American Duke Ragan at the Tokyo Games.

Olympics • 01 Aug 21

Kurt Walker lost 3:2 as the five judges produced a split decision

Tokyo 2020: Heartbreak for Walker following narrow loss

Kurt Walker has missed out on a medal at the Tokyo Olympics after losing by split decision to American boxer Duke Ragan in the featherweight quarter-finals.

Olympics • 01 Aug 21

Zaur Antia and Billy Walsh are now in opposite corners

Tokyo 2020: Walsh and Antia pit wits against each other

Kurt Walker's upset win over gold medal favourite and world champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov has ensured a clash of two of the best minds in Irish boxing, past and the present.

Boxing • 28 Jul 21

Kurt Walker had a bit too much for the highly fancied Uzbekistan fighter

Tokyo 2020: Walker outguns top seed to reach last eight

Lisburn's Kurt Walker is through to the quarter-final in the men's featherweight division after a split-decision 4-1 win over gold medal favourite and world champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov from Uzbekistan.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Kurt Walker outclassed Jose Brotons in his Olympic opener

Tokyo 2020: Walker can knock Uzbek off his stride

Uzbekistan's Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov will go into his Tokyo 2020 featherweight bout with Kurt Walker as the hot favourite, but Eric Donovan believes the Irish fighter could be ideally equipped to upset the odds in the second round.

Olympics • 24 Jul 21

Tokyo 2020: Walker gets boxers off to a winning start

Kurt Walker made it a winning start for the Irish boxers in Tokyo, with a win over Spain's Jose Brotons by unanimous decision in the last-32 of the men's 57kg featherweight weight division.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Former world champion Kellie Harrington (R) will compete at the Olympics for the first time

Donovan counting on Irish women to deliver boxing medal

Eric Donovan believes that Ireland will "definitely" win a boxing medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games and that the team's women are best-placed to deliver it.

Boxing • 10 Jun 21

Kurt Walker in action against Tsendbaatar Erdenebat

Kurt Walker misses out on medal at World Championships

Kurt Walker has missed out on a medal at the World Elite Championships in Russia following a unanimous decision defeat to Tsendbaatar Erdenebat.

Boxing • 18 Sep 19

Kurt Walker one win from a medal at World Elites

Kurt Walker eased past Canadian Robin Basran to leave himself one victory from securing a medal at the World Elite Championships in Russia.

Boxing • 17 Sep 19

Walker advances while Afanase bows out at the Worlds

Kurt Walker will box for a place in the quarter-finals of the World Championships after beating David Avila in Russia.

Boxing • 15 Sep 19

'Best moment in my life' - Walker takes gold in Minsk

Boxer Kurt Walker has claimed Ireland's first gold medal at the European Games after beating Mykola Butsenko of Ukraine in the bantamweight final.

Boxing • 30 Jun 19

Kellie Harrington booked her spot in the final on a unanimous decision

Good day for the Irish boxers at European Games

Kellie Harrington, Kurt Walker, and Michaela Walsh will box for European gold over the weekend, after victories in the women's lightweight, men's bantamweight, and women's featherweight semi-finals in Minsk.

Boxing • 28 Jun 19

Kurt Walker wins gold medal at EU boxing championships

Kurt Walker has captured a gold medal at the EU Elite Men's Championships after defeating European champion and world bronze medallist Peter McGrail.

Boxing • 18 Nov 18

Kurt Walker is guaranteed at least silver

Kurt Walker guaranteed at least a silver medal

Kurt Walker upgraded his bronze medal to at least silver at the EU Elite Men's Championships in Valladolid, Spain.

Boxing • 17 Nov 18

Walker outclasses opponent to secure EU bronze medal

Kurt Walker has guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the European Union Championships in Valladolid after a comfortable win over Jaroslaw Iwanow this evening.

Boxing • 15 Nov 18

Kurt Walker is the first Irish fighter in action at the World Championships

Kurt Walker aims to lay down an early marker in Hamburg

Kurt Walker insists he is eager to get up and running as the first Irishman in action at the World Championships in Hamburg tomorrow.

Boxing • 24 Aug 17

Joe Ward will fight for the gold medal on Saturday

Joe Ward to fight for gold after Kharkiv victory

Joe Ward marched into the final of the European Championships with a comprehensive unanimous decision victory over Italy's Valentino Manfredonia.

Boxing • 23 Jun 17

Donnelly beaten but Walker through in Ukraine

Ireland welterweight Steven Donnelly has been beaten in his opening bout at the European Championships in Ukraine, but there was better news for Kurt Walker.

Boxing • 17 Jun 17

Kurt Walker