Jason Welborn


Jason Welborn is an English professional boxer who challenged once for the unified WBA, IBF and IBO light-middleweight titles in 2018. At regional level, he held the British middleweight title in 2018, and challenged for the British welterweight and light middleweight titles in 2013 and 2014 respectively, and the Commonwealth light-middleweight title in 2019.

Professional career

Welborn made his professional debut on 12 December 2005, scoring a first-round technical knockout victory over Jamie Ambler at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham. On 27 February 2006, Welborn lost his second professional fight by third-round knockout to Tyan Booth.
On 18 January 2013, after going on a ten fight winning streak, he faced undefeated British welterweight champion Frankie Gavin at the Walsall Town Hall in Walsall, losing via seventh-round TKO.
Five fights later, after moving up in weight, he challenged undefeated British light-middleweight champion Liam Smith on 26 July 2014 at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester. Welborn lost the fight by sixth-round KO.
On 17 October 2015, Welborn lost a ten-round unanimous decision for the vacant WBC International light-middleweight title against former British and European middleweight champion Matthew Macklin at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham. Two judges scored the bout 96–94 while the third scored it 97–93.
On 25 March 2017, Welborn beat undefeated prospect Marcus Morrison by UD over ten rounds to capture the WBC International Silver middleweight title at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, with two judges scoring the bout 96–93 and the third scoring it 97–92.
He made a third attempt at a British title on 4 May 2018, against Tommy Langford at the Walsall Town Hall. Welborn won via split decision over twelve rounds to capture Langford's British middleweight title. Two judges scored the bout 114–113 to Welborn, while the third scored it 115–113 in favour of Langford. He defended his British middleweight title on 8 September 2018 in a rematch against Tommy Langford at Arena Birmingham. Welborn retained the title with another split decision victory, with the scorecards reading 115–114, 114–113 and 113–114.
On 1 December 2018, he faced undefeated unified light-middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd for the WBA, IBF, and IBO titles at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, losing via fourth-round KO. Welborn started the fight as the aggressor, pressuring the champion on the front foot throughout the first round which saw Hurd being defensive, taking clean punches and a solid right hand. The second round saw Hurd pick up the pace, with Welborn still out working the champion. The third round was much of the same, with Welborn backing Hurd up against the ropes. In the fourth, Welborn started fast as he did in the previous rounds, once again backing Hurd up against the ropes. Untroubled by Welborn's power, Hurd took the centre of the ring and began to throw heavy punches, ending with an accurate shot to the body that put Welborn down. He managed to get to his feet at the count of ten but referee Lou Moret waved the fight off.
Welborn next challenged James Metcalf on 15 June 2019 for the vacant Commonwealth light-middleweight title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, losing via eighth-round KO.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
33 Felix Cash– 14 Aug 2020Brentwood, England.png" />For Commonwealth middleweight title
32Loss24–8 James MetcalfTKO8, 2:2515 Jun 2019For vacant Commonwealth light-middleweight title
31Loss24–7 Jarrett HurdKO4, 1:551 Dec 2018Los Angeles, California, US.png" />For WBA, IBF, and IBO light-middleweight titles
30Win24–6 Tommy LangfordSD108 Sep 2018Retained British middleweight title
29Win23–6 Tommy LangfordSD124 May 2018Won British middleweight title
28Win22–6 Christian Hoskin-GomezPTS625 Nov 2017Bilston, England.png" />
27Win21–6 Marcus MorrisonUD1025 Mar 2017Won WBC International Silver middleweight title
26Win20–6 Casey BlairPTS410 Dec 2016Leisure Centre, Solihull, England.png" />
25Loss19–6 Craig CunninghamPTS1016 Jul 2016Lost Midlands Area light-middleweight title
24Loss19–5 William WarburtonPTS614 May 2016Banks's Stadium, Walsall, England.png" />
23Win19–4 Michal VosykaTKO1, 0:5623 Apr 2016The Deco, Northampton, England.png" />
22Win18–4 Adam JonesPTS419 Mar 2016Town Hall, Birmingham, England.png" />
21Loss17–4 Matthew MacklinUD1017 Oct 2015For vacant WBC International light-middleweight title
20Win17–3 Ryan AstonPTS106 Jun 2015Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.png" />Retained Midlands Area light-middleweight title
19Win16–3 Dan BlackwellPTS425 Apr 2015
18Loss15–3 Liam SmithKO6, 0:3626 Jul 2014For British light-middleweight title
17Win15–2 Stanislav NenkovPTS1016 May 2014
16Win14–2 Terry CarruthersTKO8, 0:5219 Dec 2013Won Midlands Area light-middleweight title
15Win13–2 Max MaxwellPTS107 Sep 2013
14Win12–2 Tomasz MazurkiewiczPTS629 Jun 2013HMV Institute, Birmingham, England.png" />
13Loss11–2 Frankie GavinTKO7, 2:3518 Jan 2013For British welterweight title
12Win11–1 Jan BalogPTS1030 Nov 2012
11Win10–1 Scott Haywood5, 3:0022 Jun 2012Retained Midlands Area welterweight title
10Win9–1 James FinnTKO5, 2:1323 Mar 2012Retained Midlands Area welterweight title
9Win8–1 Sean McKerveyTKO3, 1:2618 Nov 2011Won Midlands Area welterweight title
8Win7–1 Danny DonchevPTS423 Sep 2011
7Win6–1 Bheki MoyoPTS625 Jun 2011Bedworth, England.png" />
6Win5–1 Rick BoulterPTS44 Jun 2011
5Win4–1 Chris BrophyPTS45 Sep 2010
4Win3–1 Kevin McCauley424 Apr 2009
3Win2–1 Aldon StewartTKO3, 2:005 Dec 2006
2Loss1–1 Tyan Booth3, 1:3227 Feb 2006
1Win1–0 Jamie Ambler1, 1:4312 Dec 2005