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List of British lightweight boxing champions

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Summary

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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
England Jack Goldswain	23 April 1908 – 23 November 1908	2
Wales Freddie Welsh	8 November 1909 – 27 February 1911	1
England Matt Wells	27 February 1911 – 11 November 1912	1
Wales Freddie Welsh	11 November 1912 – 16 December 1912r	1
England Bob Marriott	23 June 1919r	0
England Ernie Rice	11 April 1921 – 18 September 1922	2
Scotland Seaman Nobby Hall	18 September 1922 – 17 May 1923	0
England Harry Mason	17 May 1923 – 21 November 1923r	1
England Ernie Izzard	24 November 1924 – 22 June 1925	2
England Harry Mason	22 June 1925 – 11 February 1926r	1
England Sam Steward	17 September 1928 – 2 May 1929	1
England Fred Webster	2 May 1929 – 21 May 1930	1
England Al Foreman	21 May 1930 – 15 March 1932r	2
England Johnny Cuthbert	11 August 1932 – 18 January 1934	1
England Harry Mizler	18 January 1934 – 29 October 1934	2
England Jack Kid Berg	29 October 1934 – 24 April 1936	1
England Jimmy Walsh	24 April 1936 – 23 June 1938	2
England Dave Crowley	23 June 1938 – 15 December 1938	1
England Eric Boon	15 December 1938 – 12 August 1944	3
Wales Ronnie James	12 August 1944 – 6 June 1947r	0
England Billy Thompson	16 October 1947 – 28 August 1951	3
England Tommy McGovern	28 August 1951 – 25 July 1952	1
England Frank Johnson	25 July 1952r	0
England Joe Lucy	29 September 1953 – 26 April 1955	1
England Frank Johnson	26 April 1955 – 13 April 1956	1
England Joe Lucy	13 April 1956 – 9 April 1957	2
England Dave Charnley	9 April 1957 – January 1965r	2
England Maurice Cullen	8 April 1965 – 19 February 1968	4
Scotland Ken Buchanan	19 February 1968 – 12 May 1970r	1
Scotland Willie Reilly	1 February 1972r	0
Scotland Jim Watt	3 May 1972 – 29 January 1973	1
Scotland Ken Buchanan	29 January 1973 – September 1974r	0
Scotland Jim Watt	27 January 1975 – 21 February 1977r	1
Ireland Charlie Nash	28 February 1979 – July 1979r	0
England Ray Cattouse	24 March 1980 – 12 October 1982	2
England George Feeney	12 October 1982 – 10 February 1984r	2
England Tony Willis	16 May 1985 – 24 September 1987	3
Scotland Alex Dickson	24 September 1987 – 24 February 1988	1
Scotland Steve Boyle	24 February 1988 – 1 November 1988r	1
England Carl Crook	14 November 1990 – 28 October 1992	5
England Billy Schwer	28 October 1992 – 24 February 1993	1
England Paul Burke	24 February 1993 – 10 November 1993	1
England Billy Schwer	10 November 1993 – 16 February 1994r	1
England Michael Ayers	17 February 1995 – August 1997r	4
England Wayne Rigby	10 January 1998 – 17 October 1998	2
England Bobby Vanzie	17 October 1998 – 17 July 2003	5
England Graham Earl	17 July 2003 – 19 June 2005r	3
England Lee Meager	12 May 2006 – 8 December 2006	1
England Jonathan Thaxton	8 December 2006 – 5 October 2007r	2
England John Murray	11 July 2008 – 7 May 2010r	4
Wales Gavin Rees	6 November 2010r	0
England Anthony Crolla	12 February 2011 – 21 April 2012	2
England Derry Mathews	21 April 2012 – 7 July 2012	1
Wales Gavin Rees	7 July 2012r	0
England Martin Gethin	18 January 2013 – 10 May 2014	1
England Derry Mathews	10 May 2014r	0
England Terry Flanagan	26 July 2014r	0
England Scott Cardle	30 May 2015 – 15 April 2017	2
England Robbie Barrett	15 April 2017 – 7 October 2017	0
England Lewis Ritson	7 October 2017 – 16 June 2018r	3
Wales Joe Cordina	20 April 2019 – February 2020r	1
Northern Ireland James Tennyson	1 August 2020r	0
England Maxi Hughes	19 March 2021r	0
Wales Gavin Gwynne	15 April 2022r	2
England Sam Noakes	10 February 2024r	1
England Louie O'Doherty	4 October 2025 – present	0

References

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,

References

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

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