Paddy Donovan: record, next fight and profile →
Limerick’s Paddy Donovan is building some real momentum and after stopping English welterweight champion Danny Ball in November, he got straight back to action with a WBA Continental title defence against Argentina’s Williams Andres Herrera.
Lewis Crocker will have to seek redemption in the ring. The locally-based welterweight miserably missed weight ahead of his scheduled ten-round regional title fight versus Mexico’s Jose Felix. Crocker tipped the scales at a beefy 150 pounds, three pounds above the divisional limit. Felix checked in at a fight ready 146.6 pounds for Saturday’s DAZN main event from Ulster Hall in Crocker’s hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Both camps were made aware of Crocker’s struggles. The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) disallowed the 27-year-old prospect to cut down to the welterweight limit after he was far over the tolerable limit during a mandatory fight-week weight check.
Newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Welterweight Champion, rising Irish star Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (12-0, 9 KOs), returns to action this Saturday night (Jan. 27) at Ulster Hall in Belfast to make his first title defense against Williams Andres Herrera (15-2, 6 KOs) in a 10-round fight streaming live on DAZN.
By Thomas Gerbasi - If we’re judging by a 2023 campaign that included three fights, three wins, and three knockouts, unbeaten welterweight prospect Paddy Donovan has had a pretty nice year. Did I mention he did it all in time to get Christmas at home with his wife and three kids?
Belfast Welterweight Lewis Crocker is looking to make it two big wins in two months when he takes on Mexican danger-man Jose Felix at the Newforge Sports Complex on Saturday January 27, live worldwide on DAZN.
Fresh off his knockout of English welterweight champion Danny Ball (13-2-1, 6 KOs), newly crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Welterweight Champion Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (12-0, 9 KOs) gained invaluable exposure worldwide by fighting on a DAZN card headlined by the rematch between Irish superstar Katie Taylor (22-1) and previously undefeated, unified world super lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron (18-1), that was streamed live from 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin - Limerick’s Paddy Donovan stepped up in class and made a real statement, stopping English welterweight champion, Danny Ball, in four rounds.
As undefeated rising Irish welterweight star Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (11-0, 8 KOs) prepares to fight for his first title as a professional this Saturday against Danny Ball (13-1-1, 6 KOs), former world middleweight champion and fellow Irishman, Andy Lee, has become Donovan’s invaluable chief second.
Undefeated Irish welterweight Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (11-0, 8 KOs) will fight for his first title as a professional on November 25th against BBB of C English welterweight champion Danny Ball (13-1-1, 6 KOs) in a 10-round bout for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Welterweight Championship.
Gary Cully will make his big return to Dublin this November when he fights Reece Mould for the WBA Continental Europe lightweight title – but this time he insists his homecoming is “personal”.