Jason Welborn: record, next fight and profile →
Sam Eggington suffered a shock defeat in what was classed as a warm up. The Stourbridge super-welterweight was expected rid of Tanzania's Hassan Mwakinyo inside the distance. Eggington was then meant to head back to the gym to prepare for a showdown with Brandon Rios.
Welborn, Langford Weights Photos Gallery - Samuel Vargas says he has the power to knockout Amir Khan when the pair clash at Arena Birmingham on September 8, live on Sky Sports. Vargas is ranked number 9 in the WBA and knows that a win over the former unified World Champion will rocket his name into World title contention in the Welterweight division. (photos by Lawrence Lustig).
Amir Khan, Samuel Vargas Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Amir Khan is promising to deliver another explosive performance when he takes on Samuel Vargas at Arena Birmingham on September 8, live on Sky Sports. (photos by Lawrence Lustig).
Eggington, Fitzgerald Open Workout Photos Gallery - Amir Khan is promising to deliver another explosive performance when he takes on Samuel Vargas at Arena Birmingham on September 8, live on Sky Sports. (photos by Lawrence Lustig).
Tommy Langford says he will put the record straight when he rematches Jason Welborn for the British Middleweight title at Arena Birmingham this Saturday (September 8), live on Sky Sports. The local rivals went to war over twelve rounds in a British Boxing Board of Control nominated Fight of the Year contender back in May at Walsall Town Hall, with Welborn wrestling the Lord Lonsdale belt from Langford via a shock split decision.
Amir Khan has had a few names added to his next undercard. Khan takes on Samuel Vargas on September 8 at the Arena Birmingham, exclusively live on Sky Sports, as he builds towards a welterweight showdown with former IBF world champion Kell Brook towards the end of the year.
The BBBoC recently met to match various British and English title fights, with some interesting match-ups sent out to purse bids. Most notably, cruiserweight holder Matty Askin has been ordered to defend against the undefeated Lawrence Okolie, with bids due in by August 8 and the contest to take place by the end of November.
A rematch between British middleweight champion Jason Welborn and Tommy Langford has been approved by the British Boxing Board of Control. The Stewards decided to accept a request from Black Country Boxing promoter Errol Johnson for the rematch between Jason Welborn (23-6) and Tommy Langford (20-2), which will take place on a date and venue yet to be announced, although most likely to be held in Walsall in September.
With Sheffield’s Liam Cameron, 21-5 (9), recently making a spectacular first defence of his Commonwealth strap by taking out Brighton’s Nick Jenman in just two rounds, promoter Hobson says a match between the champions makes sense, would be a great fight for the public, and would give the winner the perfect platform to move on to even bigger things.
World Boxing Council International super middleweight champion, Avni Yildirim, will defend his belt against Canadian Ryan Ford (14-2-0) on May 12th. The fight will take place from the Nobeo Gmbh Studio 1 Hurth in Westfalen, Germany.