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. His networth is not public however it is estimated to be around £150,000 to £350,000.

Professional career

Welborn vs. Ambler 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.

Welborn vs. Booth On 27 February 2006, Welborn lost his second professional fight by third-round knockout (KO) to Tyan Booth.

Welborn vs. Gavin 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.

Welborn vs. Smith 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.

Welborn vs. Macklin 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.

Welbron vs. Morrison 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.

Welborn vs. Langford 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. Two judges scored the bout 114–113 to Welborn, while the third scored it 115–113 in favour of Langford.

Welborn vs. Langford II 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.

Welborn vs. Hurd On 1 December 2018, Welborn, ranked #11 by the WBA at super welterweight, 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. 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 vs. Metcalf 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.

Welborn vs. Cash 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.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes33Loss24–9Felix CashTKO5 (12), 14 Aug 202032Loss24–8James MetcalfTKO8 (12), 15 Jun 201931Loss24–7Jarrett HurdKO4 (12), 1 Dec 201830Win24–6Tommy LangfordSD108 Sep 201829Win23–6Tommy LangfordSD124 May 201828Win22–6Christian Hoskin-Gomez PTS625 Nov 201727Win21–6Marcus MorrisonUD1025 Mar 201726Win20–6Casey BlairPTS410 Dec 201625Loss19–6Craig CunninghamPTS1016 Jul 201624Loss19–5William WarburtonPTS614 May 201623Win19–4Michal Vosyka TKO1 (6), 23 Apr 201622Win18–4Adam JonesPTS419 Mar 201621Loss17–4Matthew MacklinUD1017 Oct 201520Win17–3Ryan AstonPTS106 Jun 201519Win16–3Dan BlackwellPTS425 Apr 201518Loss15–3Liam SmithKO6 (12), 26 Jul 201417Win15–2Stanislav Nenkov PTS1016 May 201416Win14–2Terry Carruthers TKO8 (10), 19 Dec 201315Win13–2Max Maxwell PTS107 Sep 201314Win12–2Tomasz MazurkiewiczPTS629 Jun 201313Loss11–2Frankie Gavin TKO7 (12), 18 Jan 201312Win11–1Jan Balog PTS1030 Nov 201211Win10–1Scott Haywood5 (10), 22 Jun 201210Win9–1James Finn TKO5 (10), 23 Mar 20129Win8–1Sean McKervey TKO3 (10), 18 Nov 20118Win7–1Danny Donchev PTS423 Sep 20117Win6–1Bheki Moyo PTS625 Jun 20116Win5–1Rick Boulter PTS44 Jun 20115Win4–1Chris Brophy PTS45 Sep 20104Win3–1Kevin McCauley 424 Apr 20093Win2–1Aldon Stewart TKO3 (6), 5 Dec 20062Loss1–1Tyan Booth3 (6), 27 Feb 20061Win1–0Jamie Ambler1 (6), 12 Dec 2005

References

External links Jason Welborn - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live