List of British middleweight boxing champions

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List of British middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British middleweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement the 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
Tom Thomas 28 May 1906 – 14 November 19106
Jim Sullivan 14 November 1910 – 12 April 1912r0
Jack Harrison 20 May 1912 – 12 November 1913r0
Pat O'Keeffe 23 February 1914 – 22 May 19165
Bandsman Jack Blake 22 May 1916 – 28 January 19181
Pat O'Keeffe 28 January 1918r0
Ted "Kid" Lewis 11 March 1920r0
Tom Gummer 29 March 1920 – 28 March 19211
Gus Platts 28 March 1921 – 31 May 19211
Johnny Basham 31 May 1921r0
Ted "Kid" Lewis 14 October 1921 – 15 February 19233
Roland Todd 15 February 1923 – 4 June 1923r1
Tommy Milligan 12 July 1926 – 27 January 19272
Frank Moody 16 February 1927r0
Alexander Ireland 14 March 1928r0
Frank Moody 6 August 1928 – 17 September 19281
Alexander Ireland 17 September 1928 – 16 May 19292
Len Harvey 16 May 1929 – 10 April 19337
Jock McAvoy 10 April 1933 – 22 May 19394
Ernie Roderick 29 May 1945 – 28 October 19461
Vince Hawkins 28 October 1946 – 28 June 19481
Dick Turpin 28 June 1948 – 24 April 19502
Albert Finch 24 April 1950 – 17 October 19501
Randolph Turpin 17 October 1950r0
Johnny Sullivan 14 September 1954 – 16 June 19551
Pat McAteer 16 June 1955 – 5 September 1957r2
Terry Downes 30 September 1958 – 15 September 19591
John McCormack 15 September 1959 – 3 November 19591
Terry Downes 3 November 1959 – 5 July 1960r1
George Aldridge 26 November 1962 – 28 May 19631
Mick Leahy 28 May 1963 – 14 December 19641
Wally Swift 14 December 1964 – 8 November 19651
Johnny Pritchett 8 November 1965 – 26 February 1968r3
Les McAteer 14 July 1969 – 12 May 19701
Mark Rowe 12 May 1970 – 8 September 19701
Bunny Sterling 8 September 1970 – 11 February 19744
Kevin Finnegan 11 February 1974r0
Bunny Sterling 10 June 1975r0
Alan Minter 4 November 1975 – 14 September 1976r2
Kevin Finnegan 31 May 1977 – 8 November 1977r1
Alan Minter 8 November 1977r0
Tony Sibson 10 April 1979 – 6 November 19791
Kevin Finnegan 6 November 1979r0
Roy Gumbs 2 February 1981 – 14 September 19833
Mark Kaylor 14 September 1983 – 27 November 19841
Tony Sibson 27 November 1984r0
Herol Graham 24 April 1985r0
Brian Anderson 29 October 1986 – 16 September 19871
Tony Sibson 16 September 1987r0
Herol Graham 8 June 1988 – 23 September 19924
Frank Grant 23 September 1992 – 10 November 19932
Neville Brown 10 November 1993 – 17 January 19986
Glenn Catley 17 January 1998r0
Howard Eastman 30 November 1998 – 16 April 2003r3
Scott Dann 17 September 2004 – 16 September 2005r3
Howard Eastman 15 December 2006 – 28 September 20071
Wayne Elcock 28 September 2007 – 14 March 20092
Matthew Macklin 14 March 2009r0
Darren Barker 28 November 2009 - May 2011r0
Martin Murray 18 June 2011 - November 2012r0
Billy Joe Saunders 15 December 2012 - January 2015r3
Nick Blackwell 30 May 2015 – 26 March 20163
Chris Eubank, Jr. 26 March 2016 – 16 September 2016r1
Tommy Langford 26 November 2016 - 4 May 20182
Jason Welborn 4 May 2018 - 8 September 2018r1
Liam Williams 22 December 2018 - October 2020r2
Denzel Bentley 13 November 2020 - 24 April 20211
Felix Cash 24 April 2021 – Present0

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