“My confidence is through the roof.” Kurt Walker was up against No.1 seed and reigning world champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov in the Last 16 of the featherweight contest at Tokyo 2020. Not a bother to him. The Lisburn native delivered the boost to Team Ireland’s boxers after a tough couple of days, and results, in the […]

5 years ago

Kurt Walker has won the bantamweight gold medal after a unanimous decision win over Mykolo Butsenko on Sunday. The Lisburn native is the first Irish boxer at the 2019 European Games in Minsk to win gold after Kellie Harrington withdrew from her respective gold medal fight with a thumb injury. Walker won the gold after defeating number […]

7 years ago