25 Facts About Jason Booth

Jason Booth was born on 7 November 1977 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2016.

Jason Booth held the IBO super-flyweight title from 2003 to 2004, and challenged once for the IBF super bantamweight title in 2010.

Jason Booth is the older brother of the former British and Commonwealth bantamweight champion, Nicky Booth.

Jason Booth followed up his first career defeat with victory back at home beating Mark Reynolds in Coventry before getting a fight with the current holder of the British and Commonwealth flyweight titles Keith Knox.

Jason Booth was hoping to make it third time lucky when in June 2001 he challenged for the title.

Mahmutov had vacated and the vacant title was up for grabs with Jason Booth travelling back to France to face Mimoun Chent.

The dream was not to be realised however when the fight was stopped in the seventh round due to a series of nasty cuts around the Frenchman's eyes, Jason Booth ended up losing on a technical decision.

Two more non-title fights back in the United Kingdom saw Jason Booth get back to winning ways with two more wins before, in September 2003, re-entering the championship frame.

Jason Booth spent all of his earnings on a combination of alcohol and drugs.

Jason Booth made his comeback on 3 November 2006 moving up to bantamweight with a win over journeyman Abdul Mghrbel at the Barnsley Metrodome almost two years since his defeat to Kelly.

Jason Booth followed this up in February 2007 with a win against Jamil Hussain and then on 6 July 2007 stepped into the ring with former opponent Ian Napa to challenge for the British bantamweight title.

Jason Booth defended his new title on 7 March 2008, against Ghana's Lante Addy, and won a non-title bout against Dai Davies in June 2008.

Jason Booth made a second defence on 18 December 2008 with Dublin being the location for a challenge from Pontefract-based fighter Sean Hughes.

Jason Booth won the fight in the 10th round following a corner retirement from Hughes.

On 17 April 2009, Jason Booth won the vacant British super-bantamweight title with a victory over English champion Mark Moran.

Jason Booth had been meant to fight Lee Haskins for the British super-flyweight title before Haskins pulled out with a hand injury.

Jason Booth won the fight when a clash of heads forced the fight to be stopped on cuts in the sixth round although he had been dominating the fight prior to the stoppage.

The victory meant that Jason Booth had become a two-weight British champion having won the flyweight title in 1999.

On 30 June 2009 Jason Booth made the first defence of his new title against Thetford fighter Rocky Dean winning a unanimous points decision.

Jason Booth was able to dominate the fight from the bell and Hunter made the decision not to come out for the 5th round handing victory to the champion.

The win not only meant the Lonsdale belt but the vacant Commonwealth title, which was on the line, would be held by Jason Booth meaning that Jason Booth had now won the Commonwealth title at three different weights.

Jason Booth regained the title on 27 March 2010 beating South African Takalani Ndlovu and the fight with Booth due to take place in the North of England would be his first defence.

On 5 February 2011 Jason Booth retained his British title for the fourth time and retained his old Commonwealth title.

Martinez, a former two time European champion, won the fight in front of his home fans when in the tenth round a left hook was catalyst for the referee to call off the fight early, the first time Jason Booth had been stopped in his career to date.

Jason Booth finally lost his British title in his next fight on 22 October 2011 suffering a 7th round defeat against Scott Quigg at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton.