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.
r–Champion relinquished title.
s–Champion stripped of title.
Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|
Dick Smith | 9 March 1914 – 10 October 1916 | 2 |
Harry Reeve | 10 October 1916r | 0 |
Dick Smith | 25 February 1918r | 0 |
Noel "Boy" McCormick | 28 April 1919r | 0 |
Jack Bloomfield | 1 May 1922r | 0 |
Tom Berry | 9 March 1925 – 25 April 1927 | 1 |
Gipsy Daniels | 25 April 1927r | 0 |
Frank Moody | 27 November 1927 – 25 November 1929 | 1 |
Harry Crossley | 25 November 1929 – 23 November 1932 | 1 |
Jack Petersen | 23 May 1932r | 0 |
Len Harvey | 13 June 1933r | 0 |
Eddie Phillips | 4 February 1935 – 27 April 1937 | 1 |
Jock McAvoy | 27 April 1937 – 7 April 1938 | 1 |
Len Harvey | 7 April 1938 – 20 June 1942 | 2 |
Freddie Mills | 20 June 1942 – 15 February 1950r | 0 |
Don Cockell | 17 October 1950 – 10 June 1952 | 2 |
Randolph Turpin | 10 June 1952r | 0 |
Dennis Powell | 26 March 1953 – 26 October 1953 | 1 |
Alex Buxton | 26 October 1953 – 26 April 1955 | 2 |
Randolph Turpin | 26 April 1955r | 0 |
Ron Barton | 13 March 1956r | 0 |
Randolph Turpin | 26 November 1956 – 11 June 1957r | 1 |
Chic Calderwood | 28 January 1960 – 7 August 1963s | 2 |
Chic Calderwood | 11 November 1964 (killed in road accident) | 0 |
Young McCormack | 19 June 1967 – 13 January 1969 | 2 |
Eddie Avoth | 13 January 1969 – 24 January 1971 | 2 |
Chris Finnegan | 24 January 1971 – 22 May 1973 | 2 |
John Conteh | 22 May 1973 – 21 May 1974r(Retired) | 1 |
Johnny Frankham | 3 June 1975 – 14 October 1975 | 1 |
Chris Finnegan | 14 October 1975r | 0 |
Tim Wood | 28 April 1976 – 8 March 1977 | 1 |
Bunny Johnson | 8 March 1977 – 27 February 1980r | 3 |
Tom Collins | 5 March 1982 – 26 January 1984 | 3 |
Dennis Andries | 26 January 1984 – 10 September 1986r | 4 |
Tom Collins | 11 March 1987r | 0 |
Tony Wilson | 15 December 1987 – 22 March 1989 | 3 |
Tom Collins | 22 March 1989r | 0 |
Steve McCarthy | 25 October 1990r | 0 |
Crawford Ashley | 25 August 1991 – 25 April 1992r | 2 |
Maurice Core | 28 September 1992 – 1 December 1993r | 1 |
Crawford Ashley | 14 March 1998 – 13 March 1999 | 2 |
Clinton Woods | 13 March 1999r | 0 |
Neil Simpson | 22 April 2000 – 8 March 2003 | 2 |
Peter Oboh | 8 March 2003 – 12 May 2004r | 1 |
Tony Oakey | 18 May 2007 – 13 June 2008 | 3 |
Dean Francis | 13 June 2008r | 0 |
Nathan Cleverly | 18 July 2009 – 9 October 2009r | 1 |
Tony Bellew | 16 July 2011 – 27 April 2013r | 1 |
Bob Ajisafe | 15 March 2014r | 0 |
Hosea Burton | 27 February 2016 – 10 December 2016 | 0 |
Frank Buglioni | 10 December 2016 – 24 March 2018 | 3 |
Callum Johnson | 24 March 2018r | 0 |
Joshua Buatsi | 23 March 2019 – 12 September 2019r | 0 |
Shakan Pitters | 22 August 2020 – 18 December 2020 | 1 |
Craig Richards | 18 December 2020 – 21 November 2021 | 0 |
Dan Azeez | 21 November 2021 – 3 February 2024 | 2 |
Joshua Buatsi | 3 February 2024 - present | 0 |
The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Champion on Olympic boxers for winning the annual national Olympic boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing, which is the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the World Boxing.
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