Jason Welborn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 May 1986 |
| Nationality | English |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record [2] | |
| Total fights | 33 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Wins by KO | 7 |
| Losses | 9 |
Jason Welborn (born 9 May 1986) is an English professional boxer who challenged once for the unified WBA (Super), IBF and IBO light-middleweight titles in 2018. At national 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 and middleweight titles in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Welborn made his professional debut on 12 December 2005, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Jamie Ambler at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham. [3]
On 27 February 2006, Welborn lost his second professional fight by third-round knockout (KO) to Tyan Booth. [4]
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. [5]
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. [6] Welborn lost the fight by sixth-round KO. [7]
On 17 October 2015, Welborn lost a ten-round unanimous decision (UD) 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. [8]
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. [9]
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 (SD) over twelve rounds to capture Langford's British middleweight title. [10] Two judges scored the bout 114–113 to Welborn, while the third scored it 115–113 in favour of Langford. [11]
He defended his British middleweight title on 8 September 2018 in a rematch against Tommy Langford at Arena Birmingham. [12] Welborn retained the title with another split decision victory, with the scorecards reading 115–114, 114–113 and 113–114. [13]
On 1 December 2018, Welborn, ranked #11 by the WBA at super welterweight, [14] faced undefeated unified light-middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd for the WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO titles at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, losing via fourth-round KO. [15] 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. [16] [17]
Welborn next challenged James Metcalf on 15 June 2019 for the vacant Commonwealth light-middleweight title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, [18] losing via eighth-round KO. [19]
In his next bout, Welborn fought Felix Cash for his Commonwealth middleweight title. Cash dropped Welborn twice in the fifth round before Welborn's corner threw decided to throw in the towel. [20]
| 33 fights | 24 wins | 9 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 7 | 6 |
| By decision | 17 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Loss | 24–9 | Felix Cash | TKO | 5 (12), 2:48 | 14 Aug 2020 | Matchroom Fight Camp, Brentwood, England | For Commonwealth middleweight title |
| 32 | Loss | 24–8 | James Metcalf | TKO | 8 (12), 2:25 | 15 Jun 2019 | First Direct Arena, Leeds, England | For vacant Commonwealth light-middleweight title |
| 31 | Loss | 24–7 | Jarrett Hurd | KO | 4 (12), 1:55 | 1 Dec 2018 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, US | For WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO light-middleweight titles |
| 30 | Win | 24–6 | Tommy Langford | SD | 10 | 8 Sep 2018 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Retained British middleweight title |
| 29 | Win | 23–6 | Tommy Langford | SD | 12 | 4 May 2018 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | Won British middleweight title |
| 28 | Win | 22–6 | Christian Hoskin-Gomez | PTS | 6 | 25 Nov 2017 | Imperial Banqueting Suite, Bilston, England | |
| 27 | Win | 21–6 | Marcus Morrison | UD | 10 | 25 Mar 2017 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Won WBC International Silver middleweight title |
| 26 | Win | 20–6 | Casey Blair | PTS | 4 | 10 Dec 2016 | Tudor Grange Leisure Centre, Solihull, England | |
| 25 | Loss | 19–6 | Craig Cunningham | PTS | 10 | 16 Jul 2016 | Playfootball Arena, Birmingham, England | Lost Midlands Area light-middleweight title |
| 24 | Loss | 19–5 | William Warburton | PTS | 6 | 14 May 2016 | Banks's Stadium, Walsall, England | |
| 23 | Win | 19–4 | Michal Vosyka | TKO | 1 (6), 0:56 | 23 Apr 2016 | The Deco, Northampton, England | |
| 22 | Win | 18–4 | Adam Jones | PTS | 4 | 19 Mar 2016 | Walsall Town Hall, Birmingham, England | |
| 21 | Loss | 17–4 | Matthew Macklin | UD | 10 | 17 Oct 2015 | Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, England | For vacant WBC International light-middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 17–3 | Ryan Aston | PTS | 10 | 6 Jun 2015 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England | Retained Midlands Area light-middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 16–3 | Dan Blackwell | PTS | 4 | 25 Apr 2015 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 18 | Loss | 15–3 | Liam Smith | KO | 6 (12), 0:36 | 26 Jul 2014 | Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England | For British light-middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | Stanislav Nenkov | PTS | 10 | 16 May 2014 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Terry Carruthers | TKO | 8 (10), 0:52 | 19 Dec 2013 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Won Midlands Area light-middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 13–2 | Max Maxwell | PTS | 10 | 7 Sep 2013 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 14 | Win | 12–2 | Tomasz Mazurkiewicz | PTS | 6 | 29 Jun 2013 | Digbeth Institute, Birmingham, England | |
| 13 | Loss | 11–2 | Frankie Gavin | TKO | 7 (12), 2:35 | 18 Jan 2013 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | For British welterweight title |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Jan Balog | PTS | 10 | 30 Nov 2012 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Scott Haywood | RTD | 5 (10), 3:00 | 22 Jun 2012 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England | Retained Midlands Area welterweight title |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | James Finn | TKO | 5 (10), 2:13 | 23 Mar 2012 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England | Retained Midlands Area welterweight title |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Sean McKervey | TKO | 3 (10), 1:26 | 18 Nov 2011 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | Won Midlands Area welterweight title |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Danny Donchev | PTS | 4 | 23 Sep 2011 | Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, England | |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Bheki Moyo | PTS | 6 | 25 Jun 2011 | Civic Hall, Bedworth, England | |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Rick Boulter | PTS | 4 | 4 Jun 2011 | Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, England | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Chris Brophy | PTS | 4 | 5 Sep 2010 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England | |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Kevin McCauley | PTS | 4 | 24 Apr 2009 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Aldon Stewart | TKO | 3 (6), 2:00 | 5 Dec 2006 | Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England | |
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Tyan Booth | KO | 3 (6), 1:32 | 27 Feb 2006 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jamie Ambler | TKO | 1 (6), 1:43 | 12 Dec 2005 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England | |