List of British featherweight boxing champions

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List of British featherweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British featherweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1929.

A champion may retire or voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of the last BBBoC sanctioned fight is shown.

r–Champion relinquished title.

s–Champion stripped of title.

NameDuration of reignDefences
Johnny Summers 1 October 1906 17 December 19060
Spike Robson 17 December 1906r0
Jim Driscoll 3 June 1907 February 1913r4
Ted "Kid" Lewis 6 October 1913r0
Llew Edwards 31 May 1915r0
Charlie Hardcastle 4 June 1917 5 November 19171
Tancy Lee 5 November 1917 24 February 1919r2
Mike Honeyman 26 January 1920 31 October 19212
Joe Fox 31 October 1921r0
George McKenzie 2 June 1924 30 March 19252
Johnny Curley 30 March 1925 24 January 19273
Johnny Cuthbert 24 January 1927 12 March 19281
Harry Corbett 12 March 1928 18 March 19291
Johnny Cuthbert 18 March 1929 1 October 19314
Nel Tarleton 1 October 1931 10 November 19321
Tommy Watson 10 November 1932 26 July 19342
Nel Tarleton 26 July 1934 24 September 19363
Johnny McGrory 24 September 1936r0
Jim "Spider" Kelly 23 November 1938 28 June 19391
Nipper Johnny Cusick 28 June 1939 1 February 19401
Nel Tarleton 1 February 1940 23 February 1945r1
Al Phillips 18 March 1947 11 September 19472
Ronnie Clayton 11 September 1947 1 June 19546
Sammy McCarthy 1 June 1954 22 January 19551
Billy Kelly 22 January 1955 24 February 19561
Charlie Hill 24 February 1956 13 April 19593
Bobby Neill 13 April 1959 27 September 19601
Terry Spinks 27 September 1960 2 May 19612
Howard Winstone 2 May 1961 7 December 1966r6
Jimmy Revie 24 March 1969 5 July 19712
Evan Armstrong 5 July 1971 25 September 19722
Tommy Glencross 25 September 1972 17 September 19731
Evan Armstrong 17 September 1973 February 1975r1
Vernon Sollas 25 March 1975 15 March 19771
Alan Richardson 15 March 1977 20 April 19782
Dave Needham 20 April 1978 6 November 19792
Pat Cowdell 6 November 1979 April 1982r2
Steve Sims 20 September 1982 January 1983r0
Barry McGuigan 12 April 1983 19 December 1984r1
Robert Dickie 9 April 1986 29 October 1986r2
Peter Harris 24 February 1988 18 May 1988r1
Paul Hodkinson 18 May 1988 6 September 1989r2
Sean Murphy 22 May 1990 5 March 1991r2
Gary De Roux 5 March 1991 22 May 19911
Colin McMillan 22 May 1991 29 October 1991r2
John Davison 10 September 1992r0
Sean Murphy 27 June 1993r0
Duke McKenzie 18 December 1993r0
Billy Hardy 24 May 1994r0
Mike Deveney 23 January 1995 20 September 19951
Jon Jo Irwin 20 September 1995 14 May 19962
Colin McMillan 14 May 1996 11 January 19971
Paul Ingle 11 January 1997 11 October 1997r2
Jon Jo Irwin 9 May 1998 13 February 19991
Scott Harrison 24 March 2001 17 November 2001r2
Jamie McKeever 8 February 2003 17 May 20031
Roy Rutherford 17 May 2003 22 November 20031
Dazzo Williams 22 November 2003 16 June 20054
Nicky Cook 16 June 2005r0
Andy Morris 5 November 2005 9 December 20062
John Simpson 9 December 2006 6 June 20082
Paul Appleby 6 June 2008 25 April 20092
Martin Lindsay 25 April 2009 15 December 20101
John Simpson 15 December 2010 27 April 20111
Stephen Smith 27 April 2011 17 September 20111
Lee Selby 17 September 2011 1 February 2014r4
Josh Warrington 21 May 2014r0
Ryan Walsh 26 September 2015 September 2020s6
Leigh Wood 13 February 2021 31 July 2021s0
Nathaniel Collins 10 March 2023 present0

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