He held the WBA featherweight title from 2012 to 2015, and has challenged once for the WBO junior lightweight title in 2016. Walters retired on his stool, following round 7. Pages in category "Jamaican male boxers" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the IBF flyweight title from 2004 to 2007; and the unified WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and lineal super-flyweight titles between 2008 and 2010. According to Stephen Jones, president of the Jamaica Boxing Board (JBB), former world champion Nicholas Axeman' Walters had planned to return to the ring before the coronavirus pandemic broke out. Deontay Wilder's camp have denied reports a third blockbuster heavyweight showdown with Tyson Fury has been abandoned. President of the Jamaica Boxing Board (JBB) Stephen ‘Bomber’ Jones says he is expecting former WBA World Featherweight champion Nicholas ‘Axeman’ Walters to make a return to the ring in 2020, after a three-year absence. Glenn Gonzales Donaire is a Filipino American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012, and challenged twice for world titles at flyweight and light flyweight. He originally weighed in at 127.4 pounds for the fight against Miguel Marriaga, who weighed in at 125.2 pounds. Born in Montego Bay, Walters attended the Roehampton Primary and Anchovy High School. That experience includes all facets of media. He was promoted to Super Champion status in February 2015. He added: "I am the best fighter in the world. «Lloyd, Greenidge grateful for Knighthoods, Russell cameo helps Rajshahi Royals sustain winning form », IPL ‘Willing and able’ to host Champs - Brown weighs readiness of National Stadium ahead of key decisions, Opportunities still exist for sports despite COVID, Sunshine Girls swap - Aiken replaces unavailable Fowler for England series, Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for COVID-19, Digital Archives: Online editions 2006-Now. However, Wilder's co-manager Shelly Finkel told Sky Sports: "They are wrong, we will fight in December.". The 33-year-old Walters’ last fight was in November 2016, a technical knockout loss to Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko for the WBO World Junior Lightweight championship, when the Jamaican quit in the sixth round. Joseph "Joey" Gamache is an American boxing trainer and former professional boxer. Anthony Crolla is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2019. Walters did not succeed, being able only to drop to 127 pounds. BoxRec.com uses cookies to make the site simpler. He was managed by Aurelio Cortez. He has since worked as a boxing trainer, and was voted Trainer of the Year by The Ring magazine in 2011, and by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2012. When they tried moving off December 19 and pushing to next year, enough was enough. He is the third Mexican boxer to become a world champion in four weight classes, having held nine world championships including the WBA (Super), IBF and WBO featherweight titles between 2003 and 2007; the WBC super featherweight title from 2007 to 2008; the WBA (Super), WBO, Ring magazine and lineal lightweight titles between 2008 and 2012; and the WBO junior welterweight title from 2012 to 2013. "I'll check on Saturday, I don't know," he told a news conference on Wednesday. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. “I am not sure how far he is in that (training) regard, but I am encouraged ... because being not just a fan, I think he was one of the most incredible talents and enough time has past and his coming back would have to be anytime now,” he said. In a storied career, Arce held the WBO light flyweight title from 1998 to 1999; the WBC and lineal light flyweight titles from 2002 to 2004; the WBO super flyweight title in 2010; the WBO junior featherweight title in 2011; and the WBO bantamweight title from 2011 to 2012. Yet Fury himself claims to be frustrated by attempts from Wilder's camp to push back the date for the bout. Jones noted that the hard-hitting Jamaican’s return would provide a major lift for the sport in Jamaica and would also be welcomed globally, given his success in …