England Boxing National Amateur Championships Bantamweight Champions Explained
The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Bantamweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship.[1] It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.
History
The bantamweight division was inaugurated in 1884 and is currently the weight category of under 54 Kg. Following a re-organisation of weight categories in 2014, it was not held from 2014 until 2021. The championships are highly regarded in the boxing world and seen as the most prestigious national amateur championships.[2]
Past winners
width=80 | Year | width=250 | Winner | width=250 | Club |
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1884 | Alfred Woodward[3] | (Birmingham ABC) |
1885 | | (Birmingham ABC) |
1886 | | (Birmingham ABC) |
1887 | | (Birmingham ABC) |
1888 | Harry Charles Montague Oakman | (Mid Surrey ABC) |
1889 | H. Brown | (Northampton ABC) |
1890 | J. J. Rowe[4] | (Royal Victor ABC) |
1891 | E. Moore[5] | (Birmingham ABC) |
1892 | | (Royal Victor ABC) |
1893 | E. A. Watson | (Battersea/Sydney ABC) |
1894 | Percy A. Jones[6] | (New Kent Road ABC) |
1895 | Percy A. Jones | (Cestus ABC) |
1896 | Percy A. Jones[7] | (Lynn ABC) |
1897 | C. T. Lamb | (Gothic ABC) |
1898 | Fred Herring | (Columbia ABC) |
1899 | | (Bristol ABC) |
1900 | James Freeman[8] | (Lynn ABC) |
1901 | Wally F. Morgan[9] | (Kensington ABC) |
1902 | | (Lynn ABC) |
1903 | Harry Perry[10] | (Columbia ABC) |
1904 | | (Columbia ABC) |
1905 | Wally Webb[11] | (17th Middlesex Rifles) |
1906 | Tom Ringer[12] | (Lynn ABC) |
1907 | | (Columbia ABC) |
1908 | | (Birmingham ABC) |
1909 | | (Lynn ABC) |
1910 | | (St. Pancras ABC) |
1911 | William W. Allen[13] | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1912 | William W. Allen[14] | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1913 | | (Columbia ABC) |
1914 | William W. Allen | (Lynn ABC) |
1915-18 | Not held | |
1919 | William W. Allen[15] | (Lynn ABC) |
1920 | George McKenzie[16] | (United Scottish BC) |
1921 | Les Tarrant[17] | (Armstrong-Siddeley ABC) |
1922 | W. Goulding[18] | (St. Pancras ABC) |
1923 | A. W. Smith[19] | (Limehouse ABC) |
1924 | Les Tarrant[20] | (Armstrong-Siddeley ABC) |
1925 | Arthur George Edwin Goom[21] | (Rugby ABC) |
1926 | Fred Webster[22] | (St. Pancras ABC) |
1927 | Teddy Warwick[23] | (Columbia ABC) |
1928 | Pte. Jack Garland[24] | (Gordon Highlanders) |
1929 | L/Cpl. F. Bennett[25] | (East Lancashire Regiment) |
1930 | Harry Mizler[26] | (Oxford & St. Georges ABC) |
1931 | Cpl. F. Bennett[27] | (East Lancashire Regiment) |
1932 | Jack Treadway[28] | (Watneys ABC) |
1933 | Gilbert Johnstone[29] | (Dundee Rosebank ABC) |
1934 | Albert Barnes[30] | (Cardiff City ABC) |
1935 | Laurie Case | (Darlington Railway Employees ABC) |
1936 | | (Cardiff City ABC) |
1937 | Albert Barnes[31] | (Cardiff City ABC) |
1938 | Jackie Pottinger[32] | (Cardiff Gas BC) |
1939 | Robert Watson[33] | (Leith Victoria BC) |
1940-42 | Not held |
1943 | Tim Mahoney[34] | (Downham Community ABC) |
1944 | | (Hillsborough ABC) |
1945 | Peter Brander[35] | (Slough Centre ABC) |
1946 | LAC Charlie Squires[36] | (Royal Air Force) |
1947 | Danny O'Sullivan | (Robert Browning ABC) |
1948 | Tommy Proffitt[37] | (LNER ABC) |
1949 | | (Glasgow Transport BC) |
1950 | | (Southampton ABC) |
1951 | LAC Tommy Nicholls[38] | (Royal Air Force) |
1952 | Tommy Nicholls[39] | (Sankeys ABC) |
1953 | John Smillie[40] | (Fauldhouse Miners ABC) |
1954 | John Smillie[41] | (Fauldhouse Miners ABC) |
1955 | Pte. George Dormer[42] | (Army & West Ham ABC) |
1956 | AC Owen Reilly[43] | (Royal Air Force) |
1957 | Johnny Morrissey[44] | (Lanark Welfare BC) |
1958 | Howard Winstone[45] | (Dowlais BC) |
1959 | Dvr. Don Weller[46] | (Army) |
1960 | Frankie Taylor[47] | (Lancaster Lads ABC) |
1961 | LAC Peter Bennyworth[48] | (Royal Air Force) |
1962 | Peter Bennyworth[49] | (Caius ABC) |
1963 | Brian Packer[50] | (Dartford ABC) |
1964 | | (Dartford ABC) |
1965 | Robert Mallon[51] | (Rolls Royce ABC) |
1966 | | (Robert Browning ABC) |
1967 | | (Repton ABC) |
1968 | | (Repton ABC) |
1969 | | (Hayes ABC) |
1970 | | (Royal Navy) |
1971 | George Turpin[52] | (Golden Gloves ABC) |
1972 | | (Golden Gloves ABC) |
1973 | | (Warley ABC) |
1974 | | (Camperdown ABC) |
1975 | | (Camperdown ABC) |
1976 | | (Edinburgh Transport BC) |
1977 | | (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
1978 | | (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
1979 | | (Vauxhall Motors ABC) |
1980 | | (St. Helens Star ABC) |
1981 | | (Penyrheol BC) |
1982 | | (St. Helens Star ABC) |
1983 | | (St. Ambrose ABC) |
1984 | | (St. Ambrose ABC) |
1985 | | (St. Albans ABC) |
1986 | | (St. Albans ABC) |
1987 | | (Pisces ABC) |
1988 | | (Army) |
1989 | | (Army) |
1990 | Paul Lloyd | (Vauxhall Motors ABC) |
1991 | | (Gallowgate ABC) |
1992 | Patrick Mullings | (St. Patrick's ABC) |
1993 | Richard Evatt | (Triumph ABC) |
1994 | | (Finchley ABC) |
1995 | Noel Wilders | (Five Towns ABC) |
1996 | | (Gemini ABC) |
1997 | Stephen Oates | (Repton ABC) |
1998 | Levi Pattison | (Hunslett ABC) |
1999 | Michael Hunter | (Hartlepool Boys ABC) |
2000 | | (Shannon's ABC) |
2001 | Stephen Foster | (Shannon's ABC) |
2002 | Derry Mathews | (Salisbury ABC) |
2003 | | (Vauxhall Motors ABC) |
2004 | | (West Ham ABC) |
2005 | | (Hollington ABC) |
2006 | | (Vauxhall Motors ABC) |
2007 | Luke Campbell | (St. Paul's ABC) |
2008 | Luke Campbell | (St. Paul's ABC) |
2009 | James Allen | (Army) |
2010 | Jazza Dickens | (Salisbury ABC) |
2011 | Alimaan Hussain | (Aston ABC) |
2012 | Reece Bellotti | (South Oxhey ABC) |
2013 | Lucien Reid | (West Ham ABC) |
not held from 2014-2021 |
2022 | Shaun Huddart[53] | (Birtley ABC) |
2023 | Kurt Wiggins[54] | (Salisbury) |
2024 | Kai Birch[55] | (JCs) | |
Notes and References
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- News: The Observer . Sporting Gazette . 12 April 1884 . 31 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Amateur Boxing Championships . Birmingham Daily Post . 15 April 1890 . 31 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Amateur Boxing Championships. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser . 20 April 1891 . 9 January 2022. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Amateur Boxing Championship . Sporting Gazette . 14 April 1894 . 27 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Amateur Boxing Championship . Sheffield Daily Telegraph . 13 April 1896 . 27 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
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- News: Round The Ring. Boxing World and Mirror of Life . 10 April 1901 . 13 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
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- News: The A.B.A. Championships. Boxing World and Mirror of Life . 3 April 1920 . 29 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
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- Web site: 56th ABA National Championships. England Boxing. 27 December 2021.
- News: Boxing finals . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 2 July 1945 . 27 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
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- News: Two disappointments for young Leeds boxers. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 21 April 1951 . 8 January 2022. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Shock for Giant Young Boxer. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer . 26 April 1952 . 2 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Midlanders fail to win a title. Sports Argus . 25 April 1953 . 2 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Ken Phillips wins title . Birmingham Daily Gazette . 24 April 1954 . 27 December 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Soldiers win A.B.A. titles. Birmingham Daily Post . 30 April 1955 . 8 January 2022. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Foster fails in Amateur Boxing final. Birmingham Daily Post . 28 April 1956 . 2 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- News: Amateur Boxing Championships for Burkes and Kidd. Birmingham Daily Post . 27 April 1957 . 8 January 2022. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
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- News: Kenny just out in tense semi final. Coventry Evening Telegraph . 25 April 1959 . 2 January 2022 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
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- News: Turpin grabs shock victory. Daily Mirror . 8 May 1971 . 10 January 2022. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- Web site: 2022 National Amateur Championships - finals . England Boxing . 13 August 2022.
- Web site: 2023 National Amateur Championships - finals . England Boxing . 7 August 2023.
- Web site: Live results from the England Boxing National Amateur Championships 2024 Finals Day, held at Derby Arena on Saturday 20th April. England Boxing . 1 May 2024.