Background
He is the son of former boxer Job Walters.
He is the son of former boxer Job Walters.
Born in Montego Bay, Walters attended the Roehampton Primary and Anchovy High School.
Walters is nicknamed "The Axe Manitoba". He began boxing at the age of ten and had his first professional fight at the age of 22 against Estaban Ramos of Panama. Making good on his prediction of a knockout in either the 5th or 6th round, Walters defeated Nonito Donaire on October 18, 2014, by technical knockout in the 6th round to capture the WBA World Featherweight Championship.
He originally weighed in at 127.4 pounds for the fight against Miguel Marriaga, who weighed in at 125.2 pounds.
Walters was given 2 hours to drop to at least 126 pounds, the maximum limit of the Featherweight division. Walters did not succeed, being able only to drop to 127 pounds.
Thus, he was stripped of the title.
He won the vacant WBA (Regular) World Featherweight title on December 8, 2012, against Colombian Daulis Prescott during the annual KO Drugs Festival in Jamaica, via seventh round knockout. He was promoted to Super Champion status in February 2015. Even though he defeated Marriaga, he did not win the title back, which still remains vacant.
Walters captured the WBA Fedelatin title in 2009, and successfully defended it four times.
