List of British middleweight boxing champions

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List of British middleweight boxing champions

List of British middleweight 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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middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
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 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 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 middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers

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British Boxing Board of Control

Name	Duration of reign	Defences
Tom Thomas	28 May 1906 — 14 November 1910	6
Jimmy Sullivan	14 November 1910 (rel)	0
Jack Harrison	20 May 1912 (rel)	0
Pat O’Keefe	23 February 1914 — 22 May 1916	5
Bandsman Jack Blake	22 May 1916 — 28 January 1918	1
Pat O’Keefe	28 January 1918 (rel)	0
Ted "Kid" Lewis	11 March 1920 (rel)	0
Tom Gummer	29 March 1920 — 28 March 1921	1
Gus Platts	28 March 1921 — 31 May 1921	1
Johnny Basham	31 May 1921 (rel)	0
Ted "Kid" Lewis	14 October 1921 — 15 February 1923	3
Roland Todd	15 February 1923 — 4 June 1923 (rel)	1
Tommy Milligan	12 July 1926 — 27 January 1927	2
Frank Moody	16 February 1927 (rel)	0
Alex Ireland	14 March 1928 (rel)	0
Frank Moody	6 August 1928 — 17 September 1928	1
Alex Ireland	17 September 1928 — 16 May 1929	2
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....	16 May 1929 — 10 April 1933	7
Jock McAvoy Jock McAvoy Jock McAvoy was a United Kingdom boxing who fought from 1927 to 1945. He was born Joseph Patrick Bamford in Rochdale, Lancashire,and initially discovered trained and managed by Joseph Tolley at Tolley's famous Rochdale Boxing Club, reference the Rochdale thunder bolt....	10 April 1933 — 22 May 1939	4
Ernie Roderick	29 May 1945 — 28 October 1946	1
Vince Hawkins	28 October 1946 — 28 June 1948	1
Dick Turpin Dick Turpin (boxer) Dick Turpin, was an England middleweight boxing. He was British and Commonwealth of Nations heavyweight champion, reputedly being the first black fighter to win a British boxing title....	28 June 1948 — 24 April 1950	2
Albert Finch Albert Finch Albert Finch was a British Boxing from Croydon in South London, who was active from 1945 to 1958. He fought as both a middleweight and light-heavyweight, becoming British middleweight champion in 1950....	24 April 1950 — 17 October 1950	1
Randolph Turpin	17 October 1950 (rel)	0
Johnny Sullivan	14 September 1954 — 16 June 1955	1
Pat McAteer	16 June 1955 — 5 September 1957 (rel)	2
Terry Downes Terry Downes Terry Downes, is a retired British middleweight boxer....	30 September 1958 — 15 September 1959	1
John McCormack John McCormack (boxer) John McCormack was a scotland Boxing, who was nicknamed "Cowboy". Born in Maryhill, Glasgow....	15 September 1959 — 3 November 1959	1
Terry Downes Terry Downes Terry Downes, is a retired British middleweight boxer....	3 November 1959 — 5 July 1960 (rel)	1
George Aldridge	26 November 1962 — 28 May 1963	1
Mick Leahy	28 May 1963 — 14 December 1964	1
Wally Swift	14 December 1964 — 8 November 1965	1
Johnny Pritchett	8 November 1965 — 26 February 1968 (rel)	3
Les McAteer	14 July 1969 — 12 May 1970	1
Mark Rowe	12 May 1970 — 8 September 1970	1
Bunny Sterling	8 September 1970 — 11 February 1974	4
Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English Boxing.He won the British Boxing Board of Control Middleweight title on three separate occasions, and was twice European Boxing Union Middleweight champion....	11 February 1974 (rel)	0
Bunny Sterling	10 June 1975 (rel)	0
Alan Minter Alan Minter Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion Boxing....	4 November 1975 — 14 September 1976 (rel)	2
Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English Boxing.He won the British Boxing Board of Control Middleweight title on three separate occasions, and was twice European Boxing Union Middleweight champion....	31 May 1977 — 8 November 1977 (rel)	1
Alan Minter Alan Minter Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion Boxing....	8 November 1977 (rel)	0
Tony Sibson Tony Sibson Tony Sibson is a former professional Boxing.A Middleweight, Sibson fought during the 1970s and 1980s, winning 55 of his 63 bouts, including 31 by knockout....	10 April 1979 — 6 November 1979	1
Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English Boxing.He won the British Boxing Board of Control Middleweight title on three separate occasions, and was twice European Boxing Union Middleweight champion....	6 November 1979 (rel)	0
Roy Gumbs Roy Gumbs Roy Gumbs is an Anguillan international association football who plays in England for Beaconsfield SYCOB F.C..External links*...	2 February 1981 — 14 September 1983	3
Mark Kaylor	14 September 1983 — 27 November 1984	1
Tony Sibson Tony Sibson Tony Sibson is a former professional Boxing.A Middleweight, Sibson fought during the 1970s and 1980s, winning 55 of his 63 bouts, including 31 by knockout....	27 November 1984 (rel)	0
Herol Graham Herol Graham Herol 'Bomber' Graham was born in Nottingham, England on 13 September 1959 and is generally acknowledged as one of the best British boxing of the post-war era never to have won a world title....	24 April 1985 (rel)	0
Brian Anderson	29 October 1986 — 16 September 1987	1
Tony Sibson Tony Sibson Tony Sibson is a former professional Boxing.A Middleweight, Sibson fought during the 1970s and 1980s, winning 55 of his 63 bouts, including 31 by knockout....	16 September 1987 (rel)	0
Herol Graham Herol Graham Herol 'Bomber' Graham was born in Nottingham, England on 13 September 1959 and is generally acknowledged as one of the best British boxing of the post-war era never to have won a world title....	8 June 1988 — 23 September 1992	4
Frank Grant	23 september 1992 — 10 November 1993	2
Neville Brown	10 November 1993 — 17 January 1998	6
Glenn Catley Glenn Catley Glenn Catley is a professional boxing in the Super Middleweight division.Known as "Catman", Catley turned pro in 1993 and challenged WBC Super Middleweight Title holder Richie Woodhall in 1998, but lost a majority decision....	17 January 1998 (rel)	0
Howard Eastman Howard Eastman ??Howard Anthony Eastman is a London, England-based Middleweight boxer nicknamed the Battersea Bomber, and currently promoted by Hennessy Sports....	30 November 1998 — 16 April 2003 (rel)	3
Scott Dann	17 September 2004 — 16 September 2005 (rel)	3
Howard Eastman Howard Eastman ??Howard Anthony Eastman is a London, England-based Middleweight boxer nicknamed the Battersea Bomber, and currently promoted by Hennessy Sports....	15 December 2006 — 28 September 2007	1
Wayne Elcock Wayne Elcock Wayne Elcock is an England Boxing. He is the current British Boxing Board of Control Middleweight champion, having won the title from Howard Eastman in September 2007....	28 September 2007 — present	1

List of British middleweight boxing champions

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