List of British bantamweight boxing champions

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The following is a table showing the boxers who have won the British bantamweight 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.

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A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world or European. 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
Digger Stanley 17 October 1910 2 June 19133
Bill Beynon 2 June 1913 27 October 19131
Digger Stanley 27 October 1913 20 April 19141
Curley Walker 20 April 1914r 19150
Joe Fox 22 November 1915 25 June 1917r 19182
Tommy Noble 25 November 1918 30 June 19191
Walter Ross 30 June 1919r 19190
Jim Higgins 23 February 1920 26 June 19223
Tommy Harrison 26 June 1922 26 February 19231
Harry Lake 26 February 1923 26 November 19231
Johnny Brown 26 November 1923 19 October 1925r 19272
Alf Pattenden 4 June 1928 16 May 19292
Teddy Baldock 16 May 1929rv19310
Dick Corbett 21 December 1931 10 October 19321
Johnny King 10 October 1932 12 February 19341
Dick Corbett 12 February 1934 20 August 1934r 19342
Johnny King 20 August 1934 10 February 19473
Jackie Paterson 10 February 1947 24 March 19492
Stan Rowan 24 March 1949 28 November 1949rel [1] 0
Danny O'Sullivan 13 December 1949 9 May 19511
Peter Keenan 9 May 1951 3 October 19533
John Kelly 3 October 1953 21 September 19541
Peter Keenan 21 September 1954 10 January 19594
Freddie Gilroy 10 January 1959 20 October 1962r 19623
Johnny Caldwell 5 March 1962 22 March 19651
Alan Rudkin 22 March 1965 6 September 19661
Walter McGowan 6 September 1966 13 May 19681
Alan Rudkin 13 May 1968 25 January 1972r 19723
Johnny Clark 20 February 1973r0
Dave Needham 10 December 1974 20 October 19751
Paddy Maguire 20 October 1975 29 November 19771
Johnny Owen 29 November 1977 28 June 1980 (died 1980)3
John Feeney 22 September 1981 25 January 19831
Hugh Russell 25 January 1983 2 March 19831
Davy Larmour 2 March 1983 16 November 19831
John Feeney 16 November 1983 13 June 19851
Ray Gilbody 13 June 1985 19 February 19872
Billy Hardy 19 February 1987 29 November 1990r 19914
Joe Kelly 27 January 1992 1 June 19921
Drew Docherty 1 June 1992 19 October 1997s3
Paul Lloyd 25 October 1997 26 September 1998r 19991
Noel Wilders 30 October 1999 18 January 2000r 20001
Ady Lewis 1 April 2000 9 September 20001
Tommy Waite 9 September 2000 9 October 20001
Nicky Booth 9 October 2000 28 April 2003r4
Martin Power 20 May 2003 30 May 2006r 20072
Ian Napa 6 July 2007 2 May 2008r3
Gary Davies 3 April 2009 23 October 20091
Ian Napa 23 October 2009 22 January 20101
Jamie McDonnell 22 January 2010r0
Stuart Hall 4 June 2010 3 September 20114
Jamie McDonnell 3 September 2011r0
Lee Haskins 27 April 2013 8 November 2013r1
Ryan Burnett 21 November 2015 15 October 2016r1
Josh Wale 1 July 2017 2 February 2018r2
Ukashir Farooq 27 September 2018 16 November 20193
Lee McGregor 16 November 2019 0

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References

  1. "Some Outstanding Dates of the Past Year", Boxing News Annual 1950, War Facts Press, London, p. 10

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