ROWLEY Regis boxer Jason Welborn bids to add another title to his collection early next month when he faces Birmingham’s Max Maxwell for the British Masters light-middleweight crown at Walsall Town Hall.

The fight takes place on September 7 when Welborn believes a win will get his career back on track following defeat to British welterweight champion Frankie Gavin.

Welborn is eager to get a crack at either the British or Commonwealth light-middleweight title before the end of the year but realises he must dispose of Maxwell in some style to get his wish.

He said: “Max has fought for British title in the past and is more experienced than me. But if I’m going to get anywhere at this level, then I have to beat him.

“I was never comfortable fighting at welterweight. Even though I won the Midlands title and defended it twice, I always felt weak.

“I was finding it harder to make the weight and I felt it was affecting my immune system.

“Now that I’m stepping up a weight, I feel much better. I was struggling to make 10 stone seven. I feel I’ll come in to my own at light middleweight.”