Ireland’s Callum Walsh has continued his emphatic rise.

The 24-year-old Cork native scored a sensation first-round knockout of Dean Sutherland inside Madison Square Garden on Saturday night as part of the annal St. Patrick’s weekend event in defence of his WBC Continental Americas super welterweight belt, moving his record to a perfect 13-0 — with 11 of those wins coming inside the distance.

UFC boss Dana White is known to be a keen admirer of Walsh and has assisted in the promotion of the Irishman alongside his promtoer Tom Loefller, with his bouts broadcast on UFC Fight Pass. Furthermore, White and TKO Group’s new association with Saudi Arabia’s Turki Alalshikh ahead of the formation of a new boxing league could well be a boon for Walsh’s career.

“Dana White is an unbelievable person to have backing you,” Walsh told The Mac Life in 2023. “There’s no one in the world like Dana White, anything he does just goes massive.

“That’s the thing about the UFC; they don’t want easy fights. On every UFC card, the top level fighters are fighting each other and that’s what we’re trying to do on UFC Fight Pass. I’m headlining these shows, so what’s the point of people tuning in to just watch me for a minute.”

You can check out footage of Walsh’s latest win here.