Gerome Warburton (born 29 June 1995) is a Welsh

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. He is a former Welsh

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champion and has also challenged for the

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and

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titles in the same weight division.

Career

A professional since 2019, Warburton won the vacant Welsh

title with a 97–94 points win over Morgan Jones at LC2 in

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on 28 May 2022. Almost exactly three years later on 17 May 2025, he challenged

middleweight champion

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at the

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in London, with the vacant

middleweight title also on the line. Warburton lost by stoppage in the fourth round.

References

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