England Boxing National Amateur Championships Heavyweight Champions

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England Boxing National Amateur Championships
Heavyweight Champions (U92kg)
Statusactive
GenreBoxing
Inaugurated1881 [1]
Organised by England Boxing
Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone 1895 and 1896 champion Edgeworth Johnstone Vanity Fair 9 July 1896.jpg
Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone 1895 and 1896 champion
Frank Parks 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906 champion Frank Parks cropped.png
Frank Parks 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906 champion

The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Heavyweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. [2] It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.

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History

The heavyweight division is the newest division only being inaugurated in 1998 and is currently contested in the under-92 Kg weight division. The championships are highly regarded in the boxing world and seen as the most prestigious national amateur championships. [3] [4]

Past winners

YearWinnerClub
1881 Robert Frost-Smith+ [5] Clapton ABC
1882 Henry Thomas Dearsley St. James ABC
1883 Henry Thomas Dearsley Thames ABC
1884 Henry Thomas Dearsley [6] St. James ABC
1885 William West [7] Northampton ABC
1886 Anthony Diamond Birmingham ABC
1887 Edward White Belle Sauvage AAC
1888 Bill J King Belsize ABC
1889 Alfred Bowman [8] Royal Victor ABC
1890 Joe Steers [9] London ABC
1891 Val Barker [10] Belsize ABC
1892 Joe Steers Middleton ABC
1893 Joe Steers Middleton ABC
1894 Horace King [11] Belsize ABC
1895 Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone Royal Irish Regiment
1896 Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone [12] Royal Irish Regiment
1897 Geoff Townsend Goldsmith Institute ABC
1898 Geoff Townsend Goldsmith Institute ABC
1899 Frank Parks Polytechnic ABC
1900 William J. Dees [13] Goldsmith Institute ABC
1901 Frank Parks [14] Polytechnic ABC
1902 Frank Parks Polytechnic ABC
1903 Edward Dickson [15] Edinburgh Harriers GC
1904 Archibald Herbert Horner [16] Belsize ABC
1905 Frank Parks [17] Polytechnic ABC
1906 Frank Parks [18] Polytechnic ABC
1907 Bert Brewer [19] Polytechnic ABC
1908 Syd Evans Reading ABC
1909C. BrownVictoria B & Ath C
1910 Fred Storbeck South Africa
1911 Bill Hazell [20] City Police ABC
1912 Dick Smith [21] Metropolitan Police ABC
1913 Dick Smith [22] Metropolitan Police ABC
1914 Ernest Chandler [23] Stock Exchange ABC
1915–1918not held
1919 Hugh Brown [24] Belsize ABC
1920 Ronald Rawson [25] Polytechnic ABC
1921 Ronald Rawson [26] Polytechnic ABC
1922 Tom Evans [27] Amman Valley ABC
1923 Eddie Eagan [28] Oxford University ABC
1924 Arthur Clifton [29] PLA Police ABC
1925 Lieut Dudley Lister (MC) [30] I.S.B.A
1926 Thyge Petersen [31] Denmark
1927 Lieut Charles Francis Capper [32] Royal Artillery
1928 James O'Driscoll [33] Dublin Civic Guards ABC
1929 Pat Floyd [34] Battersea ABC
1930 Sig. Anthony Stuart [35] Royal Corps of Signals
1931 Matt Flanagan [36] Dublin Civic Guards ABC
1932 Anthony Stuart [37] London Fire Brigade ABC
1933 Con O'Grady [38] London City Police ABC
1934 Pat Floyd [39] Battersea & The Times ABC
1935 Pat Floyd Battersea & The Times ABC
1936 Anthony Stuart [40] London Fire Brigade ABC
1937 Anthony Stuart [41] London Fire Brigade ABC
1938 George Preston [42] Battersea ABC
1939 Jock Porter [43] Colchester City ABC
1940–1942not held
1943 George Preston [44] Battersea ABC
1944 Mark Hart Royal Air Force
1945 George Scott [45] Nottingham City Police & APTC ABC
1946 Pat Floyd [46] Polytechnic ABC
1947 George Scriven [47] Downham Community ABC
1948 Sgt. Jack Gardner [48] Army
1949 LCpl Anthony Worrall [49] Army
1950 Pte. Peter Toch [50] Army
1951 Albert Halsey [51] Kyrle Hall ABC
1952 Eddie Hearn [52] Battersea ABC
1953 Pte. Joe Erskine [53] Army
1954 Cpl. Brian Harper [54] Royal Air Force
1955 Dennis Rowe [55] Glamorgan Police
1956 Dave Rent [56] Maple Leaf ABC
1957 Dave Thomas [57] Polytechnic ABC
1958 Dave Thomas [58] Polytechnic ABC
1959 Dave Thomas [59] Polytechnic ABC
1960 L/Sgt. Len Hobbs [60] Army
1961 Billy Walker [61] West Ham ABC
1962 Rae Dryden [62] Royal Navy
1963 Cpl. Robert Sanders [63] Royal Navy
1964 Colin Woodhouse Wandsworth ABC
1965 William Wells [64] Wandsworth ABC
1966 Anthony Brogan Barnstaple ABC
1967 Peter Boddington Rootes ABC
1968 William Wells Lynn ABC
1969 Alan Burton Caius ABC
1970 Jim Gilmour Sighthill ABC
1971 Les Stevens Reading ABC
1972 Tim Wood Belgrave ABC
1973 Garfield McEwan Kyrle Hall ABC
1974 Neville Meade Royal Air Force
1975 Gregory McEwan Rum Runners ABC
1976 John Rafferty Monkland ABC
1977 Glenn Adair Barnstaple ABC
1978 Julius Awome Working ABC
1979 Andy Palmer Golden Gloves ABC
1980 Frank Bruno Sir Phillip Game ABC
1981 Adrian Elliott Fairburn House ABC
1982 Harold Hylton Brockworth Viking ABC
1983 Horace Notice Nechells ABC
1984 Doug Young Hawick ABC
1985 Harold Hylton Viking ABC
1986 Eric Cardouza Kingsthorpe ABC
1987 James Moran Austin ABC
1988 Henry Akinwande Lynn ABC
1989 Henry Akinwande Lynn ABC
1990 Keith Inglis Tunbridge Wells ABC
1991 Paul Lawson Repton ABC
1992 Scott Welch Hove ABC
1993 Paul Lawson Repton ABC
1994 Steve Burford Army
1995 Mathew Ellis Blackpool ABC
1996 Anthony Oakley Leigh Park ABC
1997 Blue Stevens Pinehurst Star ABC
1998 Neil Hoskins Royal Air Force
1999 Stuart St. John Berry Boys ABC
2000 David Dolan Plains Farm ABC
2001 David Dolan Plains Farm ABC
2002 David Dolan Plains Farm ABC
2003 Mick O'Connell Royal Navy
2004 Tony Bellew Rotunda ABC
2005 Tony Bellew Rotunda ABC
2006 Tony Bellew Rotunda ABC
2007 Danny Price Westway ABC
2008 Warren Baister Sunderland ABC
2009 Chris Keane Pleck ABC
2010 Danny Price Scarborough ABC
2011 Ben Ileyemi Finchley ABC
2012 Simon Barclay Corby ABC
2013 Greg Bridet Heart of Portsmouth ABC
2014 Warren Baister Sunderland ABC
2015 Ricardo Slue Fitzroy Lodge ABC
2016 Cheavon Clarke Gravesham ABC
2017 Cheavon Clarke Gravesham ABC
2018 Lewis Williams Cleary's ABC
2019 Natty Ngwenya Army
2020cancelled due to COVID 19. [65]
2021 Patrick Brown [66] Moss Side Fire
2022 Patrick Brown [67] Moss Side Fire
2023 Damar Thomas [68] Powerday Hooks
2024 Chidi Amanwa [69] Britania

+ Reported as Richard Frost-Smith on England Boxing website but believed to be Robert Frost-Smith.

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