Nicholas Walters
Nicholas Walters 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | Nicholas Walters |
| Fight name | Ax Man |
| Weight class | Featherweight |
| nationality |
 Jamaica
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| birthday | 4th January 1986 |
| place of birth | Montego Bay |
| style | Left delivery |
| size | 1.70 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 28 |
| Victories | 26th |
| Knockout victories | 21st |
| Defeats | 1 |
| draw | 1 |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Nicholas Walters (born January 4, 1986 in Montego Bay ) is a Jamaican professional boxer and former WBA super featherweight champion.
Amateur career
Walters boxed featherweight during his amateur days. He won the Caribbean Championships in 2005 and 2006, as well as the bronze medal at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia in 2006 . In 2007 he won the Pan American Games qualification in Trinidad, but was eliminated from Idel Torriente in the subsequent Pan American Games in Brazil .
At the 2007 World Championships in the USA he lost to Bashir Hassan , and in the 2008 American Olympic qualification in Guatemala to Miguel Marriaga. His battle name "Ax Man" was also created during his amateur days.
Professional career
In 2008 he switched to the professional camp and from then on trained in Panama. By the end of 2009 he won each of his twelve fights, ten of them prematurely. In December 2009, he defeated the undefeated Dominican Carlos Reyes by unanimous decision on points and became Central American Champion of the WBA. After eight more wins, including four title defenses, he finally got a World Cup chance in December 2012 against the Colombian Daulis Prescott, brother of the boxer Breidis Prescott . He won the featherweight world title of the WBA in the seventh round through tKo in Kingston , becoming the tenth world boxing champion from Jamaica and also the first in this weight class. He is also the first to win the title in his home country.
He won his first title defense in November 2013 through tKo in the fourth round against the Mexican Alberto Garza. This was also his debut in the USA. In May 2014 he beat a first internationally known boxer, the Armenian ex-world champion Wachtang Dartschinjan by knockout in the fifth round. In October 2014 he had a spectacular win against Nonito Donaire from the Philippines. Walters scored the first downfalls in Donaire's professional career and finally won through tKo in the sixth round.
In June 2015 he defeated the undefeated Miguel Marriaga unanimously on points. The title was revoked in June 2015 because he exceeded the weight limit. In December 2015, he boxed a draw with Jason Sosa .
He suffered his first defeat as a professional in November 2016 in the fight for the WBA super featherweight title against the Ukrainian Vasyl Lomatschenko .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Celestino Caballero | Featherweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) December 8, 2012 - February 21, 2015 |
Léo Santa Cruz |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Nonito Donaire | Super Featherweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) February 21, 2015 - June 12, 2015 |
Jesús Cuellar |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Walters, Nicholas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | jamaican boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montego Bay , Jamaica |