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Kurt Walker (boxer)

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Kurt Walker
Born (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29)
NationalityIrish
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Medal record
Representing  Ireland
AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Yerevan Bantamweight
European Amateur Boxing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kharkiv Bantamweight
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Bantamweight

Kurt Anthony James Walker (born 7 March 1995) is an Irish boxer.[2][3][4] He trains at Canal Boxing Academy in Lisburn.[5]

A bantamweight, he won bronze at the 2017 European Amateur Boxing Championships and silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ iaba.ie/site3/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Boxing2017-IRL-Kurt-Walker-56kg.doc
  2. ^ Casey, Gavan. "'Everybody's worrying about me now': for Kurt Walker, stardom finally beckons".
  3. ^ "Kurt Walker - "I've waited too long for me to be beat" -". 29 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Kurt Walker exits world boxing championships following defeat in Hamburg - Independent.ie".
  5. ^ "Team Ireland - Senior Male - Irish Athletic Boxing Association".
  6. ^ "Classy Kurt Walker closes in on medal at Commonwealth Games -". 7 April 2018.
  7. ^ Loughran, Neil. "'Now I have something to fight for': Patient Kurt Walker stepping out of Michael Conlan's shadow at Commonwealths". The Irish News.