Undefeated IBF/WBA/IBO Junior Middleweight champion "Swift" Jarrett Hurd of Accokeek, MD will return to action on Saturday, December 1st when he will compete against British Middleweight champion Jason Welborn of Tividale, West Midlands, United Kingdom at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. There is a possibility that Hurd's titles will not be on the line.
Hurd (22-0, 15 KO's) captured the WBA and IBO belts with a 12th-round split decision victory over Erislandy Lara on April 7th in Las Vegas, NV. Hurd also has recovered from a shoulder injury that he suffered during the Lara bout.
Welborn (24-6, seven KO's) will drop down to 154 pounds. Welborn, the British Boxing Board of Control Middleweight titleholder, is ranked ninth in the world by the IBF and 10th by the WBA at middleweight. Welborn comes off his second straight 12th round split decision win over Tommy Langford on September 8 in Birmingham, England. However, one of Welborn's six losses came in May of 2016 to a boxer named William Warburton who had a record of 18-96-8 at the time of the bout.
The bout will be on the undercard of the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury bout and will be shown on Showtime PPV.
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