List of British lightweight boxing champions

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List of British lightweight boxing champions

List of British lightweight 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

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lightweight

Lightweight

The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor....
championship. The title 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 1909, and later by its replacement 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 may retire or voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship. Where a champion relinquished the title, the date of his final defence is shown with “(rel)” after it.

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

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British Boxing Board of Control

Name	Duration of reign	Defences
Jack Goldswain	23 April 1908 — 23 November 1908	2
Johnny Summers Johnny Summers (Boxer) Johnny Summers is an English boxer from Middlesbrough. From 1900 to 1907 Johnny was 57-9-18.Johnny fought Jim Driscoll in London, United Kingdom. Johnny lost by DQ....	23 November 1908 — 8 November 1909	1
Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh was a Wales born boxing champion....	8 November 1909 — 27 February 1911	1
Matt Wells Matt Wells (boxer) Matthew "Matt" Wells was a professional boxing in the welterweight division.He was born in Walworth, London and died in London....	27 February 1911 — 11 November 1912	1
Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh was a Wales born boxing champion....	11 November 1912 — 16 December 1912 (rel 1917)	1
Bob Marriott	23 June 1919 (rel 1920)	0
Ernie Rice	11 April 1921 — 18 September 1922	2
Seaman James Hall	18 September 1922 — 17 May 1923	0
Harry Mason	17 May 1923 — 21 November 1923 (rel)	1
Ernie Izzard	24 November 1924 — 22 June 1925	2
Harry Mason	22 June 1925 — 11 February 1926 (rel 1926)	1
Sam Stewart	17 September 1928 — 2 May 1929	1
Fred Webster Fred Webster Frederick "Fred" Webster was a Great Britain Boxing who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he was eliminated in the the second round of the Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight after losing his fight to David Baan....	2 May 1929 — 21 May 1930	1
Al Foreman	21 May 1930 — 15 December 1930 (rel March 1932)	2
Johnny Cuthbert	11 August 1932 — 18 January 1934	1
Harry Mizler Harry Mizler Hyman Barnett "Harry" Mizler was an England Boxing who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics.He was born in London and died in Wandsworth....	18 January 1934 — 29 October 1934	2
Jack Kid Berg Jack Kid Berg Judah Bergman, known as Jack Kid Berg or Jackie Kid Berg , was an England boxing born in the East End of London....	29 October 1934 — 24 April 1936	1
Jimmy Walsh	24 April 1936 — 23 June 1938	2
Dave Crowley	23 June 1938 — 15 December 1938	1
Eric Boon	15 December 1938 — 12 August 1944	3
Ronnie James	12 August 1944 (rel June 1947)	0
Billy Thompson	16 October 1947 — 28 August 1951	3
Tommy McGovern	28 August 1951 — 25 July 1952	1
Frank Johnson	25 July 1952 (rel 1953)	0
Joe Lucy	29 September 1953 — 26 April 1955	1
Frank Johnson	26 April 1955 — 13 April 1956	1
Joe Lucy	13 April 1956 — 9 April 1957	2
Dave Charnley Dave Charnley Dave Charnley was an English lightweight boxer and is considered to be one of the greatest British fighters in his weight class. Known as The Dartford Destroyer the left-handed Charnley had a 10 year career lasting from 1954 to 1964....	9 April 1957 — 20 May 1963 (rel January 1965)	2
Maurice Cullen	8 April 1965 — 19 February 1968	4
Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan is a former world boxing champion. Many consider Buchanan to be the best boxer ever to come out of Scotland.Boxing career ...	19 February 1968 — 12 May 1970 (rel 1971)	1
Willie Reilly	1 February 1972 (rel)	0
Jim Watt Jim Watt Jim Watt is a former United Kingdom Boxing, who became world champion in the lightweight division when Roberto Duran left the title vacant in 1979 and the World Boxing Council had him fight Alfredo Pitalua....	3 May 1972 — 29 January 1973	1
Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan is a former world boxing champion. Many consider Buchanan to be the best boxer ever to come out of Scotland.Boxing career ...	29 January 1973 (rel September 1974)	0
Jim Watt Jim Watt Jim Watt is a former United Kingdom Boxing, who became world champion in the lightweight division when Roberto Duran left the title vacant in 1979 and the World Boxing Council had him fight Alfredo Pitalua....	27 January 1975 — 21 February 1977 (rel 1977)	1
Charlie Nash Charlie Nash Charlie Nash, born in Derry in 1951, grew up in the Creggan, Derry area of the Derry City. Nash was a member of his local St. Mary's boxing club, and won the junior championships at provincial level....	28 February 1979 (rel July 1979)	0
Ray Cattouse	24 March 1980 — 12 October 1982	2
George Feeney	12 October 1982 — 10 February 1984 (rel 1984)	2
Tony Willis Tony Willis Anthony "Tony" Willis was a United Kingdom boxing, who won a Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he held the British lightweight boxing title between 1985 and 1987....	16 May 1985 — 24 September 1987	3
Alex Dickson	24 September 1987 — 24 February 1988	1
Steve Boyle	24 February 1988 — 1 November 1988 (rel 1990)	1
Carl Crook	14 November 1990 — 28 October 1992	5
Billy Schwer Billy Schwer William Schwer , more commonly known as Billy Schwer, is a former boxing boxer from Luton in Bedfordshire, England.For the majority of his professional career, Schwer fought in the lightweight division but also competed in the light welterweight division....	28 October 1992 — 24 February 1993	1
Paul Burke Paul Burke (boxer) Paul Burke is a former professional boxing from England, who competed in the lightweight division . His career was overshadowed by the death of one of his opponents, Felix Bwalya from Zambia....	24 February 1993 — 10 November 1993	1
Billy Schwer Billy Schwer William Schwer , more commonly known as Billy Schwer, is a former boxing boxer from Luton in Bedfordshire, England.For the majority of his professional career, Schwer fought in the lightweight division but also competed in the light welterweight division....	10 November 1993 — 16 February 1994 (rel 1994)	1
Michael Ayers	17 February 1995 — 20 November 1996 (rel 1997)	4
Wayne Rigby	10 January 1998 — 17 October 1998	2
Bobby Vanzie	17 October 1998 — 17 July 2003	5
Graham Earl Graham Earl Graham Earl is an England lightweight Boxing from Luton, England. He is a former United Kingdom and Commonwealth lightweight champion....	17 July 2003 — 19 June 2005 (rel)	3
Lee Meager Lee Meager Lee Meager is an England lightweight Boxing from Salford, England. He is a former United Kingdom lightweight champion....	12 May 2006 — 8 December 2006	1
Jonathan Thaxton Jonathan Thaxton Jonathan Thaxton is an England professional lightweight boxer. He is a former holder of the British lightweight boxing title.He fought as a kick-boxer and as an amateur before turning professional....	8 December 2006 — present	2

Sources

Maurice Golesworthy, Encyclopaedia of Boxing (Eighth Edition) (1988), Robert Hale Limited, ISBN 0-7090-3323-0

List of British lightweight boxing champions

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