| Jason Welborn | |
| Weight: | |
| Nationality: | English |
| Birth Date: | 1986 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England [1] |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/342048 |
| Total: | 33 |
| Wins: | 24 |
| 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.[2]
On 27 February 2006, Welborn lost his second professional fight by third-round knockout (KO) to Tyan Booth.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] Welborn lost the fight by sixth-round KO.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9] Two judges scored the bout 114–113 to Welborn, while the third scored it 115–113 in favour of Langford.[10]
He defended his British middleweight title on 8 September 2018 in a rematch against Tommy Langford at Arena Birmingham.[11] Welborn retained the title with another split decision victory, with the scorecards reading 115–114, 114–113 and 113–114.[12]
On 1 December 2018, Welborn, ranked #11 by the WBA at super welterweight,[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] [16]
Welborn next challenged James Metcalf on 15 June 2019 for the vacant Commonwealth light-middleweight title at the First Direct Arena in Leeds,[17] losing via eighth-round KO.[18]
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.[19]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Loss | 24–9 | Felix Cash | TKO | 5 (12), | 14 Aug 2020 | ||
| 32 | Loss | 24–8 | James Metcalf | TKO | 8 (12), | 15 Jun 2019 | ||
| 31 | Loss | 24–7 | Jarrett Hurd | KO | 4 (12), | 1 Dec 2018 | ||
| 30 | Win | 24–6 | Tommy Langford | SD | 10 | 8 Sep 2018 | ||
| 29 | Win | 23–6 | Tommy Langford | SD | 12 | 4 May 2018 | ||
| 28 | Win | 22–6 | Christian Hoskin-Gomez | PTS | 6 | 25 Nov 2017 | ||
| 27 | Win | 21–6 | Marcus Morrison | UD | 10 | 25 Mar 2017 | ||
| 26 | Win | 20–6 | Casey Blair | PTS | 4 | 10 Dec 2016 | ||
| 25 | Loss | 19–6 | Craig Cunningham | PTS | 10 | 16 Jul 2016 | ||
| 24 | Loss | 19–5 | William Warburton | PTS | 6 | 14 May 2016 | ||
| 23 | Win | 19–4 | Michal Vosyka | TKO | 1 (6), | 23 Apr 2016 | ||
| 22 | Win | 18–4 | Adam Jones | PTS | 4 | 19 Mar 2016 | ||
| 21 | Loss | 17–4 | Matthew Macklin | UD | 10 | 17 Oct 2015 | ||
| 20 | Win | 17–3 | Ryan Aston | PTS | 10 | 6 Jun 2015 | ||
| 19 | Win | 16–3 | Dan Blackwell | PTS | 4 | 25 Apr 2015 | ||
| 18 | Loss | 15–3 | Liam Smith | KO | 6 (12), | 26 Jul 2014 | ||
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | Stanislav Nenkov | PTS | 10 | 16 May 2014 | ||
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Terry Carruthers | TKO | 8 (10), | 19 Dec 2013 | ||
| 15 | Win | 13–2 | Max Maxwell | PTS | 10 | 7 Sep 2013 | ||
| 14 | Win | 12–2 | Tomasz Mazurkiewicz | PTS | 6 | 29 Jun 2013 | ||
| 13 | Loss | 11–2 | TKO | 7 (12), | 18 Jan 2013 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Jan Balog | PTS | 10 | 30 Nov 2012 | ||
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Scott Haywood | 5 (10), | 22 Jun 2012 | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | James Finn | TKO | 5 (10), | 23 Mar 2012 | ||
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Sean McKervey | TKO | 3 (10), | 18 Nov 2011 | ||
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Danny Donchev | PTS | 4 | 23 Sep 2011 | ||
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Bheki Moyo | PTS | 6 | 25 Jun 2011 | ||
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Rick Boulter | PTS | 4 | 4 Jun 2011 | ||
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Chris Brophy | PTS | 4 | 5 Sep 2010 | ||
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Kevin McCauley | 4 | 24 Apr 2009 | |||
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Aldon Stewart | TKO | 3 (6), | 5 Dec 2006 | ||
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Tyan Booth | 3 (6), | 27 Feb 2006 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Jamie Ambler | 1 (6), | 12 Dec 2005 | |||