List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions

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List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British light-heavyweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control 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.

rChampion relinquished title.

sChampion stripped of title.

NameDuration of reignDefences
Dick Smith 9 March 1914 – 10 October 19162
Harry Reeve 10 October 1916r0
Dick Smith 25 February 1918r0
Noel "Boy" McCormick 28 April 1919r0
Jack Bloomfield 1 May 1922r0
Tom Berry 9 March 1925 – 25 April 19271
Gipsy Daniels 25 April 1927r0
Frank Moody 27 November 1927 – 25 November 19291
Harry Crossley 25 November 1929 – 23 November 19321
Jack Petersen 23 May 1932r0
Len Harvey 13 June 1933r0
Eddie Phillips 4 February 1935 – 27 April 19371
Jock McAvoy 27 April 1937 – 7 April 19381
Len Harvey 7 April 1938 – 20 June 19422
Freddie Mills 20 June 1942 – 15 February 1950r0
Don Cockell 17 October 1950 – 10 June 19522
Randolph Turpin 10 June 1952r0
Dennis Powell 26 March 1953 – 26 October 19531
Alex Buxton 26 October 1953 – 26 April 19552
Randolph Turpin 26 April 1955r0
Ron Barton 13 March 1956r0
Randolph Turpin 26 November 1956 – 11 June 1957r1
Chic Calderwood 28 January 1960 – 7 August 1963s2
Chic Calderwood 11 November 1964 (killed in road accident)0
Young McCormack 19 June 1967 – 13 January 19692
Eddie Avoth 13 January 1969 – 24 January 19712
Chris Finnegan 24 January 1971 – 22 May 19732
John Conteh 22 May 1973 – 21 May 1974r(Retired)1
Johnny Frankham 3 June 1975 – 14 October 19751
Chris Finnegan 14 October 1975r0
Tim Wood 28 April 1976 – 8 March 19771
Bunny Johnson 8 March 1977 – 27 February 1980r3
Tom Collins 5 March 1982 – 26 January 19843
Dennis Andries 26 January 1984 – 10 September 1986r4
Tom Collins 11 March 1987r0
Tony Wilson 15 December 1987 – 22 March 19893
Tom Collins 22 March 1989r0
Steve McCarthy 25 October 1990r0
Crawford Ashley 25 August 1991 – 25 April 1992r2
Maurice Core 28 September 1992 – 1 December 1993r1
Crawford Ashley 14 March 1998 – 13 March 19992
Clinton Woods 13 March 1999r0
Neil Simpson 22 April 2000 – 8 March 20032
Peter Oboh 8 March 2003 – 12 May 2004r1
Tony Oakey 18 May 2007 – 13 June 20083
Dean Francis 13 June 2008r0
Nathan Cleverly 18 July 2009 – 9 October 2009r1
Tony Bellew 16 July 2011 – 27 April 2013r1
Bob Ajisafe 15 March 2014r0
Hosea Burton 27 February 2016 – 10 December 20160
Frank Buglioni 10 December 2016 – 24 March 20183
Callum Johnson 24 March 2018r0
Joshua Buatsi 23 March 2019 – 12 September 2019r0
Shakan Pitters 22 August 2020 – 18 December 20201
Craig Richards 18 December 2020 – 21 November 20210
Dan Azeez 21 November 2021 – 3 February 20242
Joshua Buatsi 3 February 2024 - present0

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