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 |
---|---|---|
![]() |
23 April 1908 – 23 November 1908 | 2 |
![]() |
8 November 1909 – 27 February 1911 | 1 |
![]() |
27 February 1911 – 11 November 1912 | 1 |
![]() |
11 November 1912 – 16 December 1912r | 1 |
![]() |
23 June 1919r | 0 |
![]() |
11 April 1921 – 18 September 1922 | 2 |
![]() |
18 September 1922 – 17 May 1923 | 0 |
![]() |
17 May 1923 – 21 November 1923r | 1 |
![]() |
24 November 1924 – 22 June 1925 | 2 |
![]() |
22 June 1925 – 11 February 1926r | 1 |
![]() |
17 September 1928 – 2 May 1929 | 1 |
![]() |
2 May 1929 – 21 May 1930 | 1 |
![]() |
21 May 1930 – 15 March 1932r | 2 |
![]() |
11 August 1932 – 18 January 1934 | 1 |
![]() |
18 January 1934 – 29 October 1934 | 2 |
![]() |
29 October 1934 – 24 April 1936 | 1 |
![]() |
24 April 1936 – 23 June 1938 | 2 |
![]() |
23 June 1938 – 15 December 1938 | 1 |
![]() |
15 December 1938 – 12 August 1944 | 3 |
![]() |
12 August 1944 – 6 June 1947r[1] | 0 |
![]() |
16 October 1947 – 28 August 1951 | 3 |
![]() |
28 August 1951 – 25 July 1952 | 1 |
![]() |
25 July 1952r | 0 |
![]() |
29 September 1953 – 26 April 1955 | 1 |
![]() |
26 April 1955 – 13 April 1956 | 1 |
![]() |
13 April 1956 – 9 April 1957 | 2 |
![]() |
9 April 1957 – January 1965r | 2 |
![]() |
8 April 1965 – 19 February 1968 | 4 |
![]() |
19 February 1968 – 12 May 1970r | 1 |
![]() |
1 February 1972r | 0 |
![]() |
3 May 1972 – 29 January 1973 | 1 |
![]() |
29 January 1973 – September 1974r | 0 |
![]() |
27 January 1975 – 21 February 1977r | 1 |
![]() |
28 February 1979 – July 1979r | 0 |
![]() |
24 March 1980 – 12 October 1982 | 2 |
![]() |
12 October 1982 – 10 February 1984r | 2 |
![]() |
16 May 1985 – 24 September 1987 | 3 |
![]() |
24 September 1987 – 24 February 1988 | 1 |
![]() |
24 February 1988 – 1 November 1988r | 1 |
![]() |
14 November 1990 – 28 October 1992 | 5 |
![]() |
28 October 1992 – 24 February 1993 | 1 |
![]() |
24 February 1993 – 10 November 1993 | 1 |
![]() |
10 November 1993 – 16 February 1994r | 1 |
![]() |
17 February 1995 – August 1997r | 4 |
![]() |
10 January 1998 – 17 October 1998 | 2 |
![]() |
17 October 1998 – 17 July 2003 | 5 |
![]() |
17 July 2003 – 19 June 2005r | 3 |
![]() |
12 May 2006 – 8 December 2006 | 1 |
![]() |
8 December 2006 – 5 October 2007r | 2 |
![]() |
11 July 2008 – 7 May 2010r | 4 |
![]() |
6 November 2010r | 0 |
![]() |
12 February 2011 – 21 April 2012 | 2 |
![]() |
21 April 2012 – 7 July 2012 | 1 |
![]() |
7 July 2012r | 0 |
![]() |
18 January 2013 – 10 May 2014 | 1 |
![]() |
10 May 2014r | 0 |
![]() |
26 July 2014r | 0 |
![]() |
30 May 2015 – 15 April 2017 | 2 |
![]() |
15 April 2017 – 7 October 2017 | 0 |
![]() |
7 October 2017 – 16 June 2018r | 3 |
![]() |
20 April 2019 – February 2020r | 1 |
![]() |
1 August 2020 – present | 0 |
See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 1948 Boxing News Annual, War Facts Press, p. 14
Sources
[edit]- 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