CRAIG Cunningham is the new Midlands Super Middleweight champion after victory over Jason Welborn.

Challenger Cunningham, from Oldbury, stepped down in weight to face Rowley Regis' title holder Welborn at the top of PJ Promotions' 'The Reckoning' bill in Birmingham last night.

After 10 gruelling rounds at the Futsal International Arena in the Hockley area of Birmingham, it was Cunningham that took a 97-94 points decision to become a two-weight area boss.