Ryan Walsh | |
|---|---|
 Walsh in 2016 | |
| Born | 18 May 1986 |
| Nationality | British |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Height | 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 34 |
| Wins | 28 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 2 |
Ryan Walsh (born 18 May 1986) is a British professional boxer. He has held the British featherweight title since 2015, having previously held the English super-bantamweight title in 2011, and has challenged once for the European featherweight title in 2016.
Ryan's twin brother Liam and older brother Michael are also professional boxers, and in 2015 Ryan and Liam became the first twins to hold British titles at the same time. [1] [2]
Raised in Rochdale and based in Cromer, Norfolk, Walsh made his professional debut on 2 February 2008 with a first-round knockout of Riaz Durgahed. [3] By April 2011 he had won his first twelve fights, and on 21 October scored a unanimous decision (UD) over Liam Richards to win the English super-bantamweight title. [4]
In October 2013, Walsh challenged Lee Selby for the British and Commonwealth featherweight titles. The fight went the full twelve-round distance, with Selby winning a clear UD to hand Walsh his first loss. [5] Two years later, on 26 September 2015, Walsh faced Samir Mouneimne for the now-vacant British featherweight title. [1] The fight went the distance, with Walsh scoring a split decision to become British champion. [2]
Walsh was set to make his first defence of the title in January 2016 against Ryan Doyle, [6] but instead faced the undefeated Darren Traynor, stopping the challenger in five rounds. [7] [8]
On 28 June 2019, Walsh defended his British featherweight belt against Lewis Paulin. The fight was considered a significant step up in quality for Paulin. Walsh was the better man for most of the fight, although Paulin had a couple of rounds where he boxed well and took the fight to Walsh. In the end, two judges scored the fight in favor of Walsh, 117-111 and 115–114, while the third judge gave the fight 115–113 to Paulin, thus awarding the split-decision victory to Walsh to retain his British featherweight belt. [9]
In his next fight, Walsh fought Harion Socarras as a part of the quarter-final of The Golden Contract featherweight tournament. After a close start, a brawl started in the fifth round, in which Walsh managed to score a knockdown over Socarras. In the ninth round, Walsh sent Socarras to the ropes with a flurry of shots, which prompted the referee to stop the fight. [10]
In the semi-final, Walsh faced Tyrone McCullagh. McCullagh started the fight strong, and was winning for the first half of the fight. However, Walsh managed to drop McCullagh twice in the remainder of the fight, even coming close to stopping him in the ninth. McCullagh made it to the final bell, but Walsh was announced the winner via unanimous decision, earning him a ticket to The Golden Contract tournament final. [11]
| 33 fights | 27 wins | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 12 | 0 |
| By decision | 15 | 4 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Loss | 27–4–2 | Maxi Hughes | UD | 12 | 26 Mar 2022 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | For IBO lightweight title |
| 32 | Win | 27–3–2 | Ronnie Clark | PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 2021 | Norfolk Showground, Norwich, England | |
| 31 | Loss | 26–3–2 | Jazza Dickens | UD | 10 | 2 Dec 2020 | Production Park Studios, South Kirkby, England | For WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – final |
| 30 | Win | 26–2–2 | Tyrone McCullagh | UD | 10 | 21 Feb 2020 | York Hall, London, England | The Golden Contract: Featherweight – semi-final |
| 29 | Win | 25–2–2 | Hairon Socarras | TKO | 9 (10), 2:39 | 4 Oct 2019 | York Hall, London, England | The Golden Contract: Featherweight – quarter-final |
| 28 | Win | 24–2–2 | Lewis Paulin | SD | 12 | 28 Jun 2019 | York Hall, London, England | Retained British featherweight title |
| 27 | Win | 23–2–2 | Reece Bellotti | SD | 12 | 22 Dec 2018 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Retained British featherweight title |
| 26 | Draw | 22–2–2 | Isaac Lowe | SD | 12 | 17 Feb 2018 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Retained British featherweight title |
| 25 | Win | 22–2–1 | Marco McCullough | TKO | 11 (12), 1:58 | 20 May 2017 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Retained British featherweight title |
| 24 | Loss | 21–2–1 | Dennis Ceylan | SD | 12 | 15 Oct 2016 | Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark | For vacant European featherweight title |
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | James Tennyson | TKO | 5 (12), 2:34 | 30 Apr 2016 | Copper Box Arena, London, England | Retained British featherweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Darren Traynor | TKO | 5 (12), 2:06 | 22 Jan 2016 | York Hall, London, England | Retained British featherweight title |
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Samir Mouneimne | SD | 12 | 26 Sep 2015 | The SSE Arena, London, England | Won vacant British featherweight title |
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Reynaldo Cajina | PTS | 8 | 14 Nov 2014 | Pabellón Polideportivo Las Torres, Adeje, Canary Islands | |
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | Ibrar Riyaz | PTS | 6 | 27 Jun 2014 | Epic Centre, Norwich, England | |
| 18 | Loss | 16–1–1 | Lee Selby | UD | 12 | 5 Oct 2013 | The O2 Arena, London, England | For British and Commonwealth featherweight titles |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Jose Antonio Elizabeth | TKO | 3 (8), 2:37 | 15 Jun 2013 | Epic Centre, Norwich, England | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Oszkar Fiko | TKO | 3 (6) | 22 Mar 2013 | Epic Centre, Norwich, England | |
| 15 | Draw | 14–0–1 | Ronnie Clark | PTS | 10 | 10 Nov 2012 | Norfolk Showground, Norwich, England | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Mikheil Gogebashvili | TKO | 1 (8), 2:37 | 15 Sep 2012 | Norfolk Showground, Norwich, England | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Liam Richards | UD | 10 | 21 Oct 2011 | York Hall, London, England | Won English super-bantamweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Gavin Reid | TKO | 7 (8), 2:43 | 2 Apr 2011 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | James Ancliff | PTS | 8 | 23 Oct 2010 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Eugene Heagney | TKO | 1 (6), 0:49 | 15 May 2010 | Boleyn Ground, London, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Ian Bailey | PTS | 6 | 13 Feb 2010 | Wembley Arena, London, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Michael O'Gara | TKO | 5 (6), 1:26 | 9 Oct 2009 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Marc Callaghan | RTD | 3 (6), 3:00 | 22 May 2009 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Sid Razak | PTS | 4 | 30 Jan 2009 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Johnny Greaves | PTS | 4 | 6 Dec 2008 | ExCeL, London, England | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Robin Deakin | PTS | 4 | 26 Sep 2008 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Gheorghe Ghiompirica | PTS | 4 | 16 Jun 2008 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Robin Deakin | PTS | 4 | 8 Mar 2008 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Riaz Durgahed | KO | 1 (4), 0:21 | 2 Feb 2008 | ExCeL, London, England |
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