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Lewis Crocker Beats Paddy Donovan by Split Decision to Become IBF World Welterweight Champion
- On September 13, 2025, at Windsor Park in Belfast, Lewis Crocker secured a split-decision victory over Paddy Donovan to claim the IBF championship in the welterweight division.
- The rematch followed Donovan's disqualification in their March bout, after he punched Crocker post-bell, and the IBF upgraded this fight to a world title contest.
- Crocker knocked Donovan down twice, in the third and fifth rounds, while Donovan recovered in the second half, and the 12-round fight was described as a chess match.
- Two judges scored 114-112 for Crocker and one judge scored 115-111 for Donovan, with Crocker holding a 22-0 record including 11 KOs, and Donovan at 14-2 with 11 KOs.
- Crocker's win marks him as the inaugural Northern Irish IBF welterweight world champion, in front of a crowd of about 20,000 spectators at the historic first world title bout featuring two Irish fighters.
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Paddy Donovan beaten by controversial split decision in all-Irish IBF World Welterweight title showdown in Belfast
Limerick’s Paddy Donovan has been beaten by a controversial split decision in the all-Irish IBF World Welterweight title showdown with Belfast’s Lewis Crocker at a sold-out Windsor Park.
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