List of Australian heavyweight boxing champions

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Bill Farnan was a foundry worker who fought Peter Jackson in the first Australian heavyweight contest using Marquis of Queensbury rules in Melbourne on 26 July 1884. He hit Jackson hard "between wind and water" in the second round and continuing body hits drove Jackson down and out in the third round. Bill Farnan.jpg
Bill Farnan was a foundry worker who fought Peter Jackson in the first Australian heavyweight contest using Marquis of Queensbury rules in Melbourne on 26 July 1884. He hit Jackson hard "between wind and water" in the second round and continuing body hits drove Jackson down and out in the third round.

This list of Australian heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the Australian professional heavyweight championship. The title has been administered by the Australian National Boxing Federation (previously the Australian Boxing Federation) since 1965, and prior to that by Stadiums Limited. [3]

Contents

A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of his final defence is shown.

r– Champion relinquished title.
s– Champion stripped of title.
i– Interim Champion of title.

NameDuration of reignDefences
William Miller 28 May 18830
Bill Farnan 26 July 1884 – 20 May 1885 [4] 2
Tom Lees [5] 20 May 1885 – 25 September 18863
Peter Jackson 25 September 1886r [6] [7]
Frank Slavin [8] 8 December 1888r
Joe Goddard 24 June 1890r
Owen Sullivan 25 August 1890r
Joe Goddard 1 November 1890 – 20 July 1891r2
Harry Laing 1 January 1894r
Mick Dooley 23 June 1894 – 10 July 18973
Peter Felix 10 July 1897 – 8 October 18981
Tut Ryan 8 October 1898r
Bill Doherty 25 February 1899 – 2 December 18994
Peter Felix 2 December 1899 – 16 July 19001
Bill Doherty 16 July 1900 – 19 June 19013
Tut Ryan 19 June 1901 – 19 June 19012
Bill Doherty 19 June 1901 – 13 October 19023
Bill Squires 13 October 1902 – 5 May 1903r2
Peter Felix 22 September 1903 – 27 September 19042
Arthur Cripps 27 September 1904r
Bill Squires 5 June 1905 – 9 September 19051
Tim Draffin Murphy 9 September 1905 – 28 April 19061
Bill Squires 28 April 1906 – 22 December 1906r3
Jim Griffin 15 April 1907r
Bill Lang 3 October 1907 – 11 April 191011
Tommy Burns 11 April 1910r
Bill Turner 15 August 1910r
Bill Lang 13 May 1911 – 9 September 19112
Jack Lester 9 September 1911 – 30 September 19111
Sam McVea 30 September 1911 – 8 April 19124
Sam Langford 8 April 1912 – 19 June 1913r4
Dave Smith [9] 5 November 1913 – 1 August 1914 [10] [ self-published source ]2
Jimmy Clabby 1 August 1914 – 12 August 1914 [10] 1
Dave Smith 12 August 1914 [10] –13 February 1915r1
Harold Hardwick 6 March 1915 – 19 February 1916 [11] 1
Les Darcy 19 February 1916 [11] –16 August 1916r3
Dave Smith 26 December 1916 – 26 May 19172
Jimmy Clabby [12] 26 May 1917 – 1 January 19184
Albert Kid Lloyd 1 January 1918 – 22 March 19182
Ern Waddy [13] 1918–15 February 1919r2
Albert Kid Lloyd [14] 1 March 1919 – 21 February 19206
George Cook 21 February 1920r
Billy Shade 7 May 1921r
Ern Waddy 7 May 1921 – 8 September 19211
Albert Kid Lloyd 8 September 1921r
Colin Bell 17 March 1922 [15] –24 February 1923 [16] 2
Jim Roland Dwyer [17] 24 February 1923 [16] –30 April 19232
Ern Waddy [18] [19] 30 April 1923 – 8 September 19233
George "Blackie" Miller [20] 8 September 1923 – 26 April 19241
Ern Waddy 26 April 1924 – 12 July 19265
Ern Sheppeard12 July 1926 – 22 October 19261
George Thompson [21] 22 October 1926 – 18 December 19261
Tiger Jack Payne [21] 18 December 1926 – 27 December 19261
George Cook 27 December 1926r
George Thompson 18 June 1927 – 2 July 19271
Tiger Jack Payne2 July 1927 – 7 April 1928r1
Dom McLeod 31 July 1929 – 9 November 19291
Fred Young 9 November 1929r
George Thompson 16 November 1929 [22] –4 July 1930r3
Jack O'Malley 7 March 1931 – 5 February 1932 [23] 2
Ambrose Palmer [24] 5 February 1932r [23]
Ron Richards 19 August 1936 – 12 April 1938 [25] 2
Ambrose Palmer 12 April 1938r [25]
Ron Richards 4 June 1938 – 12 September 1940r2
Billy "Wokko" Britt 5 May 1941 – 23 October 19413
Ron Richards 23 October 1941r
Billy "Wokko" Britt 7 November 1942 – 3 April 19431
Herb Narvo 3 April 1943 – 24 November 19453
Jack Johnson 24 November 1945 – 2 March 1946r1
Herb Narvo 2 March 1946 – 6 April 19461
Jack Johnson 6 April 1946 – 26 June 1948r4
Dave Sands 4 September 1950 – 11 August 1952died [26] 1
Ken Brady 29 May 1953 – 26 May 1955 [27] 3
Allen Williams 26 May 1955 – 30 November 195910
Steve Raduly 30 November 1959 – 24 June 1960r3
Tony Vickers 18 August 1961 – 5 October 19643
Ron Fritzsche 5 October 1964 – 14 December 19641
Peter Leaney 14 December 1964 – 28 May 19652
Fred Casey 28 May 1965 – 17 September 1965r1
Dave Cullen 15 April 1967r
Fred Casey 25 October 1968 – 29 September 19691
Bob Dunlop 29 September 1969r
Foster Bibron 22 May 1970 – 25 February 19721
Tony Mundine 25 February 1972r
Steve Aczel 26 June 1975 – 10 November 19762
Maile Haumona 10 November 1976 – 5 December 19772
Tony Mundine 5 December 1977 – 24 July 1981r3
Steve Aczel 14 July 1984 – 15 February 19851
Dave Russell 15 February 1985 – 13 March 19861
Dean Waters 13 March 1986 – 2 December 1988r1
Craig Petersen 14 November 1991 – 14 June 19921
Jimmy Thunder 14 June 1992 – 18 March 1994r1
Vince Cervi 26 March 1995 – 22 September 19951
Joe Bugner 22 September 1995r1
Colin Wilson 17 February 1997 – 31 January 19981
Joe Bugner 31 January 1998 – 20 April 1998r1
Bob Mirovic 5 September 1998 – 25 June 19992
Kali Meehan 25 June 1999 – 7 July 2000r2
Nathan Briggs 25 May 2001 – 8 July 20011
Bob Mirovic 8 July 2001 – 7 March 2003r5
Colin Wilson 19 September 2003 – 2 November 20075
Bob Mirovic 2 November 2007 – 10 September 20081
John Hopoate 10 September 2008 – 3 October 20093
Colin Wilson 3 October 2009 – 20 August 2010 [28] 1
Justin Whitehead 20 August 2010r [28]
Michael Kirby 7 October 2011r
Lucas Browne 17 February 2012r
Solomon Haumono [29] 7 September 2012r
Hunter Sam 13 December 2013s [30]
Ben Edwards 27 February 2015 – 11 July 20151
Peter Graham 11 July 2015r
Willie Nasio 27 February 2016 – 6 October 20172
Demsey McKean [lower-alpha 1] 24 March 2017r1
Faiga Opelu November 2019 - 22 October 20201
Justis Huni 22 October 2020 – present3

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ McKean won the Interim title in March 2017, defeated Nasio to become the unified champion.

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  9. ↑ "Heavyweight Title", Sydney Morning Herald , 7 November 1913, p. 12. Retrieved 11 October 2014 via National Library of Australia
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