Career
As an amateur, Welch became one of the United Kingdom"s American Bar Association Heavyweight Champions. He travelled the world as a professional boxer, winning the Southern Area belt, the British, Commonwealth and WBO Intercontinental titles. In 1997, he contended the WBO World Title fight in Nashville, narrowly losing to Henry Akinwande on points.
In all, he had 26 professional fights, with 22 wins and an impressive 17 knock-outs.
As Head Trainer at the Hove American Broadcasting Company, working alongside his old coach Dave Brown, Welch has dedicated much of his time to training fighters since he retired in 1999. Guy Ritchie"s bare-knuckle movie Snatch (2000), needed authentic boxing co-stars and so Welch played Horace "Good Night" Anderson.
I"ve had my career. My career was boxing."
Welch"s formative years were spent in the seaside resort of Great Yarmouth.
Welch got into boxing at a local club Welch moved to Brighton when he was 16 and found it "a massive wow factor after Yarmouth." At 86 kilos, he was just too big to find a match on the amateur circuit.
lieutenant took a couple more years, and some intensive coaching at the Hove American Broadcasting Company (Amateur Boxing Club) under Dave Brown, before his amateur career started. Over the next few years, Welch racked up an impressive amateur record of 30 wins against 8 defeats (5 of which he later reversed), culminating in the American Bar Association Heavyweight title of Great Britain in May 1992.
"In amateur boxing, every fight was a tough fight as we were all so well matched," Welch remembers.
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Still a fitness fanatic, Welch has raised huge sums for charity, completing the gruelling 250-mile Marathon des Sables in the Sahara, climbing Kilimanjaro and has tackled the Atacama desert. Welch is Head Trainer at the Brighton and Hove American Broadcasting Company, working alongside his old coach Dave Brown. "I really enjoy it," he says, "I"m putting it all back in.
We"ve got a few good prospects, and there"s a lot of younger lads coming through, too". iBoxing Trainer is Welch"s smartphone app designed to help youngsters get into boxing and is approved by the WBC (World Boxing Council) and the BBBofC (British Boxing Board of Control).
By keeping things simple but comprehensive, Welch covers everything an aspiring boxer needs to get started and progress. "Learning the basics properly is vital.
I wish I had something like this when I first started". Welch is proud of his work with young boxers and has been recognised for his efforts with a WBC honorary belt.
Welch purchased and restored Thorington Gate Lodge in Suffolk, which had been derelict for 20 years.
The project was featured on the television series The Restoration Manitoba in 2010.
