List of British lightweight boxing champions
List of British lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British lightweight title. The title had been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club from 1909–1929 where they awarded the Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt until its later replacement by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since.
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Jack Goldswain
|
23 April 1908 – 23 November 1908 | 2 |
 Freddie Welsh
|
8 November 1909 – 27 February 1911 | 1 |
| Matt Wells
|
27 February 1911 – 11 November 1912 | 1 |
| Freddie Welsh
|
11 November 1912 – 16 December 1912r | 1 |
| Bob Marriott
|
23 June 1919r | 0 |
| Ernie Rice
|
11 April 1921 – 18 September 1922 | 2 |
 Seaman Nobby Hall
|
18 September 1922 – 17 May 1923 | 0 |
| Harry Mason
|
17 May 1923 – 21 November 1923r | 1 |
| Ernie Izzard
|
24 November 1924 – 22 June 1925 | 2 |
| Harry Mason
|
22 June 1925 – 11 February 1926r | 1 |
| Sam Steward
|
17 September 1928 – 2 May 1929 | 1 |
| Fred Webster
|
2 May 1929 – 21 May 1930 | 1 |
| Al Foreman
|
21 May 1930 – 15 March 1932r | 2 |
| Johnny Cuthbert
|
11 August 1932 – 18 January 1934 | 1 |
| Harry Mizler
|
18 January 1934 – 29 October 1934 | 2 |
| Jack Kid Berg
|
29 October 1934 – 24 April 1936 | 1 |
| Jimmy Walsh
|
24 April 1936 – 23 June 1938 | 2 |
| Dave Crowley
|
23 June 1938 – 15 December 1938 | 1 |
| Eric Boon
|
15 December 1938 – 12 August 1944 | 3 |
| Ronnie James
|
12 August 1944 – 6 June 1947r[1] | 0 |
| Billy Thompson
|
16 October 1947 – 28 August 1951 | 3 |
| Tommy McGovern
|
28 August 1951 – 25 July 1952 | 1 |
| Frank Johnson
|
25 July 1952r | 0 |
| Joe Lucy
|
29 September 1953 – 26 April 1955 | 1 |
| Frank Johnson
|
26 April 1955 – 13 April 1956 | 1 |
| Joe Lucy
|
13 April 1956 – 9 April 1957 | 2 |
| Dave Charnley
|
9 April 1957 – January 1965r | 2 |
| Maurice Cullen
|
8 April 1965 – 19 February 1968 | 4 |
| Ken Buchanan
|
19 February 1968 – 12 May 1970r | 1 |
| Willie Reilly
|
1 February 1972r | 0 |
| Jim Watt
|
3 May 1972 – 29 January 1973 | 1 |
| Ken Buchanan
|
29 January 1973 – September 1974r | 0 |
| Jim Watt
|
27 January 1975 – 21 February 1977r | 1 |
 Charlie Nash
|
28 February 1979 – July 1979r | 0 |
| Ray Cattouse
|
24 March 1980 – 12 October 1982 | 2 |
| George Feeney
|
12 October 1982 – 10 February 1984r | 2 |
| Tony Willis
|
16 May 1985 – 24 September 1987 | 3 |
| Alex Dickson
|
24 September 1987 – 24 February 1988 | 1 |
| Steve Boyle
|
24 February 1988 – 1 November 1988r | 1 |
| Carl Crook
|
14 November 1990 – 28 October 1992 | 5 |
| Billy Schwer
|
28 October 1992 – 24 February 1993 | 1 |
| Paul Burke
|
24 February 1993 – 10 November 1993 | 1 |
| Billy Schwer
|
10 November 1993 – 16 February 1994r | 1 |
| Michael Ayers
|
17 February 1995 – August 1997r | 4 |
| Wayne Rigby
|
10 January 1998 – 17 October 1998 | 2 |
| Bobby Vanzie
|
17 October 1998 – 17 July 2003 | 5 |
| Graham Earl
|
17 July 2003 – 19 June 2005r | 3 |
| Lee Meager
|
12 May 2006 – 8 December 2006 | 1 |
| Jonathan Thaxton
|
8 December 2006 – 5 October 2007r | 2 |
| John Murray
|
11 July 2008 – 7 May 2010r | 4 |
| Gavin Rees
|
6 November 2010r | 0 |
| Anthony Crolla
|
12 February 2011 – 21 April 2012 | 2 |
| Derry Mathews
|
21 April 2012 – 7 July 2012 | 1 |
| Gavin Rees
|
7 July 2012r | 0 |
| Martin Gethin
|
18 January 2013 – 10 May 2014 | 1 |
| Derry Mathews
|
10 May 2014r | 0 |
| Terry Flanagan
|
26 July 2014r | 0 |
| Scott Cardle
|
30 May 2015 – 15 April 2017 | 2 |
| Robbie Barrett
|
15 April 2017 – 7 October 2017 | 0 |
| Lewis Ritson
|
7 October 2017 – 16 June 2018r | 3 |
| Joe Cordina
|
20 April 2019 – February 2020r | 1 |
 James Tennyson
|
1 August 2020 – present | 0 |
See also
- List of British heavyweight boxing champions
- List of British cruiserweight boxing champions
- List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions
- List of British super-middleweight boxing champions
- List of British middleweight boxing champions
- List of British light-middleweight boxing champions
- List of British welterweight boxing champions
- List of British light-welterweight boxing champions
- List of British super-featherweight boxing champions
- List of British featherweight boxing champions
- List of British super-bantamweight boxing champions
- List of British bantamweight boxing champions
- List of British super-flyweight boxing champions
- List of British flyweight boxing champions
- List of British world boxing champions
References
- ^ 1948 Boxing News Annual, War Facts Press, p. 14
Sources
- boxrec
- Ken Buchanan - Lightweight Champion of the World - Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fights and more
- Maurice Golesworthy, Encyclopaedia of Boxing (Eighth Edition) (1988), Robert Hale Limited, ISBN 0-7090-3323-0
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