List of British heavyweight boxing champions

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List of British heavyweight boxing champions

List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
who have won the British

United Kingdom

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heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization....
championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club

National Sporting Club

The National Sporting Club was a club founded in London in 1891, which did more to establish the sport of boxing in Great Britain than any other organisation....
since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control

British Boxing Board of Control

The British Boxing Board of Control is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff....
since 1929.

A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world

List of current world boxing champions

This is a list of current boxing world champions who are certified by the four major boxing sanctioning bodies and The Ring magazine. Each champion's professional boxing record is shown in the following format: wins-losses-draws-no contests ....
or European

European Boxing Union

The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe....
. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of his final defence is shown.

^r – Champion relinquished title.

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List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers

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List of current world boxing champions

European Boxing Union

Name	Duration of reign	Defences
Jack Palmer	18 December 1905 — 29 October 1906	1
Gunner Moir	29 October 1906 — 19 April 1909	2
William Hague	19 April 1909 — 24 April 1911	3
Bombadier Billy Wells William Thomas Wells William Thomas Wells, better known as, Bombardier Billy Wells was a England heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name 'Bombardier Billy Wells,' he was List of British heavyweight boxing champions and British Empire Champion from 1911 until 1919, defending his title fourteen times....	24 April 1911 — 27 February 1919	14
Joe Beckett	27 February 1919^s	0
Frank Goddard Frank Goddard Percy Frank Goddard was a United Kingdom Boxing who became the List of British heavyweight boxing champions in 1923. Frank's career begin in 1914 and it soon became apparent that he was one of the best boxers in the UK....	26 May 1919 — 17 June 1919	1
Joe Beckett	17 June 1919 — 14 May 1923^r	4
Frank Goddard Frank Goddard Percy Frank Goddard was a United Kingdom Boxing who became the List of British heavyweight boxing champions in 1923. Frank's career begin in 1914 and it soon became apparent that he was one of the best boxers in the UK....	21 November 1923 — 18 March 1926	2
Phil Scott	18 March 1926 — 30 April 1926^r	1
Reggie Meen	16 November 1931 — 12 July 1932	1
Jack Petersen Jack Petersen 'Jack Petersen' was a Wales boxing, who held the British heavyweight boxing title on two separate occasions....	12 July 1932 — 30 November 1933	3
Len Harvey Len Harvey Len Harvey was born in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. On the 11 July, 1907. A great tactician and defensive boxer who boxed at every weight division's of his day....	30 November 1933 — 4 June 1934	1
Jack Petersen Jack Petersen 'Jack Petersen' was a Wales boxing, who held the British heavyweight boxing title on two separate occasions....	4 June 1934 — 17 August 1936	4
Ben Foord	17 August 1936 — 15 March 1937	1
Tommy Farr Tommy Farr Thomas George Farr was one of the most famous British people boxings of all time. Born in Clydach Vale, Wales and nicknamed "the Tonypandy Terror", he became List of British heavyweight boxing champions and Empire heavyweight champion on 15 March 1937....	15 March 1937^r	0
Len Harvey Len Harvey Len Harvey was born in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. On the 11 July, 1907. A great tactician and defensive boxer who boxed at every weight division's of his day....	1 December 1938^r	0
Jack London Jack London (boxer) Jack London was an England heavyweight boxing. He was United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Heavyweight champion from 1944 to 1945. His son, who fought as Brian London, also became United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Heavyweight champion from 1958 to 1959....	15 September 1944 — 17 July 1945	1
Bruce Woodcock Bruce Woodcock (boxer) Bruce Woodcock was an England boxing. He was the United Kingdom and Empire heavyweight champion 1945-1950, and European heavyweight champion 1946-1949....	17 July 1945 — 14 November 1950	2
Jack Gardner	14 November 1950 — 11 March 1952	1
Johnny Williams Johnny Williams (boxer) Johnny Williams was a United Kingdom former Boxing in the 1940s and 1950s and was at one time both the British and Empire heavyweight champion....	11 March 1952 — 12 May 1953	1
Don Cockell Don Cockell Don Cockell was an England boxing He fought for most of his career as a light-heavyweight and became the British and European champion at that weight....	12 May 1953^r	0
Joe Erskine Joe Erskine Joseph "Joe" Erskine was a heavyweight boxing from the Butetown district of Cardiff, Wales, Wales. He was trained by Archie Rule. He held the British heavyweight title from August 1956 to June 1958....	27 August 1956 — 3 June 1958	2
Brian London Brian London Brian London He was an orthodox fighter, who was 6ft tall and fought at about 205 lbs. His nicknames in the ring were "The British Bulldog" and "The Blackpool Rock"....	3 June 1958 — 12 January 1959	1
Henry Cooper Henry Cooper Henry Cooper may refer to:Henry Cooper , British boxerHenry Cooper from Tennessee*Henry Cooper , English recipient of the Victoria Cross...	12 January 1959 — 7 November 1967^r	8
Jack Bodell Jack Bodell Jack Bodell is a retired England professional Boxing who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.Bodell started out as a Light heavyweight, winning the 1961 Amateur Boxing Association of England championships and a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships the same year....	13 October 1969 — 24 March 1970	1
Henry Cooper Henry Cooper Henry Cooper may refer to:Henry Cooper , British boxerHenry Cooper from Tennessee*Henry Cooper , English recipient of the Victoria Cross...	24 March 1970 — 16 March 1971	1
Joe Bugner Joe Bugner J?zsef Kreul "Joe" Bugner is a United Kingdom/Australian former heavyweight Boxing.Born in Szoreg, Hungary, Bugner and his family fled after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and settled in England....	16 March 1971 — 27 September 1971	1
Jack Bodell Jack Bodell Jack Bodell is a retired England professional Boxing who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.Bodell started out as a Light heavyweight, winning the 1961 Amateur Boxing Association of England championships and a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships the same year....	27 September 1971 — 27 June 1972	1
Danny McAlinden	27 June 1972 — 13 January 1975	1
Bunny Johnson	13 January 1975 — 30 September 1975	1
Richard Dunn Richard Dunn Richard Dunn is an England boxing who unsuccessfully fought Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight title in 1976. Dunn is the only Yorkshireman ever to fight Ali who knocked him out in the fifth round, the last knockout Ali ever scored....	30 September 1975 — 12 October 1976	2
Joe Bugner Joe Bugner J?zsef Kreul "Joe" Bugner is a United Kingdom/Australian former heavyweight Boxing.Born in Szoreg, Hungary, Bugner and his family fled after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and settled in England....	12 October 1976^r	0
John Louis Gardner	24 October 1978 — 26 June 1979^r	1
Gordon Ferris	30 March 1981 — 12 October 1981	1
Neville Meade	12 October 1981 — 22 September 1983	1
David Pearce David Pearce (boxer) David 'Bomber' Pearce was a United Kingdom heavyweight boxing champion....	22 September 1983^r	0
Hughroy Currie	18 September 1985 — 12 April 1986	1
Horace Notice	12 April 1986 — 9 March 1988^r	3
Gary Mason Gary Mason Gary Mason , is a retired United Kingdom boxing who fought out of Chatham, Kent. He fought at heavyweight and became British heavyweight champion in 1989....	18 January 1989 — 6 March 1991	2
Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis, Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire is a retired boxing who won gold for Canada at the Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics as an amateur boxing....	6 March 1991 — 30 April 1992^r	2
Herbie Hide Herbie Hide Herbie Hide is a United Kingdom boxing from Norwich....	27 February 1993^r	0
James Oyebola James Oyebola James Oyebola was an England heavyweight boxing who won a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the super heavyweight division. Oyebola was the List of British heavyweight boxing champions from 1994 to 1996 ....	19 November 1994 — 27 October 1995	1
Scott Welch	27 October 1995^r	0
Julius Francis Julius Francis Julius Francis is a former British Heavyweight champion boxer - who participated in many noteworthy boxing matches in the 1990s and 2000s. In 2007 he also participated in a Mixed martial arts bout....	27 September 1997 — 13 March 2000	4
Michael Holden Michael Holden Brigadier General Michael James Holden is a fictional character from the Lifetime TV show Army Wives. He is played by Brian McNamara....	13 March 2000^r	0
Danny Williams Danny Williams (boxer) Bronze medal 1994 Commonwealth GamesDaniel Williams is a United Kingdom professional heavyweight boxing, current British heavyweight title holder and former Commonwealth of Nations champion....	21 October 2000 — 24 January 2004	5
Michael Sprott Michael Sprott Michael Sprott, is a professional heavyweight boxing from Reading, Berkshire, Berkshire, England who briefly held the British heavyweight title....	24 January 2004 — 24 April 2004	1
Matt Skelton Matt Skelton Matt Skelton is an England boxing who changed sports from kickboxing. He is the reigning European Heavyweight champion and a former English, British and Commonwealth Heavyweight champion....	24 April 2004 — 10 December 2005^r	3
Scott Gammer Scott Gammer Scott Gammer is a British boxing, based in Wales he is a former holder of the List of British heavyweight boxing champions....	16 June 2006 — 2 March 2007	2
Danny Williams Danny Williams (boxer) Bronze medal 1994 Commonwealth GamesDaniel Williams is a United Kingdom professional heavyweight boxing, current British heavyweight title holder and former Commonwealth of Nations champion....	2 March 2007 — Present	1

List of British heavyweight boxing champions

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