List of British lightweight boxing champions explained

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.

width=25%Namewidth=50%Duration of reignwidth=10%Defences
align=left Jack Goldswain23 April 1908  - 23 November 19082
align=left Freddie Welsh8 November 1909  - 27 February 19111
align=left 27 February 1911  - 11 November 19121
align=left Freddie Welsh11 November 1912  - 16 December 1912r1
align=left Bob Marriott23 June 1919r0
align=left Ernie Rice11 April 1921  - 18 September 19222
align=left Seaman Nobby Hall18 September 1922  - 17 May 19230
align=left Harry Mason17 May 1923  - 21 November 1923r1
align=left Ernie Izzard24 November 1924  - 22 June 19252
align=left Harry Mason22 June 1925  - 11 February 1926r1
align=left 17 September 1928  - 2 May 19291
align=left Fred Webster2 May 1929  - 21 May 19301
align=left Al Foreman21 May 1930  - 15 March 1932r2
align=left Johnny Cuthbert11 August 1932  - 18 January 19341
align=left Harry Mizler18 January 1934  - 29 October 19342
align=left Jack Kid Berg29 October 1934  - 24 April 19361
align=left 24 April 1936  - 23 June 19382
align=left Dave Crowley23 June 1938  - 15 December 19381
align=left Eric Boon15 December 1938  - 12 August 19443
align=left Ronnie James12 August 1944  - 6 June 1947r[1] 0
align=left Billy Thompson16 October 1947  - 28 August 19513
align=left Tommy McGovern28 August 1951  - 25 July 19521
align=left Frank Johnson25 July 1952r0
align=left Joe Lucy29 September 1953  - 26 April 1955 1
align=left Frank Johnson26 April 1955  - 13 April 19561
align=left Joe Lucy13 April 1956  - 9 April 1957 2
align=left Dave Charnley9 April 1957  - January 1965r2
align=left Maurice Cullen8 April 1965  - 19 February 19684
align=left Ken Buchanan19 February 1968  - 12 May 1970r1
align=left Willie Reilly1 February 1972r0
align=left Jim Watt3 May 1972  - 29 January 19731
align=left Ken Buchanan29 January 1973  - September 1974r0
align=left Jim Watt27 January 1975  - 21 February 1977r1
align=left Charlie Nash28 February 1979  - July 1979r0
align=left Ray Cattouse24 March 1980  - 12 October 19822
align=left George Feeney12 October 1982  - 10 February 1984r2
align=left Tony Willis16 May 1985  - 24 September 19873
align=left Alex Dickson24 September 1987  - 24 February 19881
align=left Steve Boyle24 February 1988  - 1 November 1988r1
align=left Carl Crook14 November 1990  - 28 October 19925
align=left Billy Schwer28 October 1992  - 24 February 19931
align=left Paul Burke24 February 1993  - 10 November 19931
align=left Billy Schwer10 November 1993  - 16 February 1994r1
align=left Michael Ayers17 February 1995  - August 1997r4
align=left Wayne Rigby10 January 1998  - 17 October 19982
align=left Bobby Vanzie17 October 1998  - 17 July 2003 5
align=left Graham Earl17 July 2003  - 19 June 2005r3
align=left 12 May 2006  - 8 December 20061
align=left Jonathan Thaxton8 December 2006  - 5 October 2007r2
align=left John Murray11 July 2008  - 7 May 2010r4
align=left Gavin Rees6 November 2010r0
align=left Anthony Crolla12 February 2011  - 21 April 20122
align=left Derry Mathews21 April 2012  - 7 July 20121
align=left Gavin Rees7 July 2012r0
align=left Martin Gethin18 January 2013  - 10 May 20141
align=left Derry Mathews10 May 2014r0
align=left Terry Flanagan26 July 2014r0
align=left Scott Cardle30 May 2015  - 15 April 20172
align=left Robbie Barrett15 April 2017  - 7 October 20170
align=left Lewis Ritson7 October 2017  - 16 June 2018r3
align=left Joe Cordina20 April 2019  - February 2020r1
James Tennyson1 August 2020  - present0

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Notes and References

  1. 1948 Boxing News Annual, War Facts Press, p. 14