List of British bantamweight boxing champions explained

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.

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.

width=25%Namewidth=50%Duration of reignwidth=10%Defences
align=left Digger Stanley17 October 1910 - 2 June 1913 3
align=left Bill Beynon2 June 1913 - 27 October 1913 1
align=left Digger Stanley27 October 1913 - 20 April 1914 1
align=left Curley Walker20 April 1914r 19150
align=left Joe Fox22 November 1915 - 25 June 1917r 19182
align=left 25 November 1918 - 30 June 19191
align=left Walter Ross30 June 1919r 19190
align=left Jim Higgins23 February 1920 - 26 June 19223
align=left Tommy Harrison26 June 1922 - 26 February 19231
align=left Harry Lake26 February 1923 - 26 November 19231
align=left Johnny Brown26 November 1923 - 19 October 1925r 19272
align=left Alf Pattenden4 June 1928 - 16 May 19292
align=left Teddy Baldock16 May 1929rv19310
align=left 21 December 1931 - 10 October 19321
align=left Johnny King10 October 1932 - 12 February 19341
align=left Dick Corbett12 February 1934 - 20 August 1934r 19342
align=left Johnny King20 August 1934 - 10 February 19473
align=left Jackie Paterson10 February 1947 - 24 March 19492
align=left Stan Rowan24 March 1949 - 28 November 1949rel[1] 0
align=left 13 December 1949  - 9 May 19511
align=left Peter Keenan9 May 1951  - 3 October 1953 3
align=left John Kelly3 October 1953  - 21 September 19541
align=left Peter Keenan21 September 1954  - 10 January 19594
align=left Freddie Gilroy10 January 1959  - 20 October 1962r 19623
align=left Johnny Caldwell5 March 1962  - 22 March 19651
align=left Alan Rudkin22 March 1965  - 6 September 19661
align=left Walter McGowan6 September 1966  - 13 May 1968 1
align=left Alan Rudkin13 May 1968  - 25 January 1972r 19723
align=left Johnny Clark20 February 1973r0
align=left Dave Needham10 December 1974  - 20 October 19751
align=left Paddy Maguire20 October 1975  - 29 November 19771
align=left Johnny Owen29 November 1977  - 28 June 1980 (died 1980)3
align=left John Feeney22 September 1981  - 25 January 1983 1
align=left Hugh Russell25 January 1983  - 2 March 19831
align=left Davy Larmour2 March 1983  - 16 November 1983 1
align=left John Feeney16 November 1983  - 13 June 1985 1
align=left Ray Gilbody13 June 1985  - 19 February 1987 2
align=left Billy Hardy19 February 1987  - 29 November 1990r 19914
align=left Joe Kelly27 January 1992  - 1 June 1992 1
align=left Drew Docherty1 June 1992  - 19 October 1997s3
align=left Paul Lloyd25 October 1997  - 26 September 1998r 19991
align=left Noel Wilders30 October 1999  - 18 January 2000r 20001
align=left Ady Lewis1 April 2000  - 9 September 20001
align=left Tommy Waite9 September 2000  - 9 October 2000 1
align=left Nicky Booth9 October 2000  - 28 April 2003r4
align=left Martin Power20 May 2003  - 30 May 2006r 20072
align=left Ian Napa6 July 2007  - 2 May 2008r3
align=left Gary Davies3 April 2009  - 23 October 20091
align=left Ian Napa23 October 2009  - 22 January 20101
align=left Jamie McDonnell22 January 2010r0
align=left Stuart Hall4 June 2010  - 3 September 20114
align=left Jamie McDonnell3 September 2011r0
align=left Lee Haskins27 April 2013  - 8 November 2013r1
align=left Ryan Burnett21 November 2015  - 15 October 2016r1
align=left Josh Wale1 July 2017  - 2 February 2018r2
Ukashir Farooq27 September 2018  - 16 November 20193
Lee McGregor16 November 2019  - 0

See also

Sources

Notes and References

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