List of British featherweight boxing champions
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List of British featherweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers
who have won the British
featherweight
championship. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club
since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control
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. If he did not defend his title, then “(rel)” is shown after the date at which he won the title.
Boxing
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who have won the British
United Kingdom
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featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
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.-Origins:...
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.- Councils :...
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. If he did not defend his title, then “(rel)” is shown after the date at which he won the title.
| Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Driscoll Jim Driscoll James "Jim" Driscoll commonly known as Peerless Jim was a Welsh boxer who learned his trade in the boxing ring and used it to fight his way out of poverty.... |
28 May 1906 — 27 January 1913 (rel February 1913) | 4 |
| Ted "Kid" Lewis | 6 October 1913 (rel 1914) | 0 |
| Llew Edwards Llew Edwards Llewellyn "Llew" Edwards was a Welsh boxer who fought professionally between 1913 and 1922. He is most notable for winning the British Empire featherweight boxing championship in 1915.-Boxing career:... |
31 May 1915 (rel 1916) | 0 |
| Charlie Hardcastle | 4 June 1917 — 5 November 1917 | 1 |
| Tancy Lee | 5 November 1917 — 24 February 1919 (rel 1919) | 2 |
| Mike Honeyman | 26 January 1920 — 31 October 1921 | 2 |
| Joey Fox | 31 October 1921 (rel 1923) | 0 |
| George McKenzie George McKenzie George McKenzie was a British bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s.He was born in Leith, Scotland-Amateur career:McKenzie was the 1920 British ABA bantamweight champion... |
2 June 1924 — 30 March 1925 | 2 |
| Johnny Curley | 30 March 1925 — 24 January 1927 | 3 |
| Johnny Cuthbert | 24 January 1927 — 12 March 1928 | 1 |
| Harry Corbett | 12 March 1928 — 18 March 1929 | 1 |
| Johnny Cuthbert | 18 March 1929 — 1 October 1931 | 4 |
| Nel Tarleton Nel Tarleton Nel Tarleton was an English featherweight boxer from Liverpool, England. He was British featherweight champion on three separate occasions and, despite only having one lung, continued fighting until he was 42... |
1 October 1931 — 10 November 1932 | 1 |
| Seaman Tommy Watson | 10 November 1932 — 26 July 1934 | 2 |
| Nel Tarleton Nel Tarleton Nel Tarleton was an English featherweight boxer from Liverpool, England. He was British featherweight champion on three separate occasions and, despite only having one lung, continued fighting until he was 42... |
26 July 1934 — 24 September 1936 | 3 |
| Johnny Mcgrory | 24 September 1936 (rel 1938) | 0 |
| Jim Spider Kelly | 23 November 1938 — 28 June 1939 | 1 |
| Nipper Johnny Cusick | 28 June 1939 — 1 February 1940 | 1 |
| Nel Tarleton Nel Tarleton Nel Tarleton was an English featherweight boxer from Liverpool, England. He was British featherweight champion on three separate occasions and, despite only having one lung, continued fighting until he was 42... |
1 February 1940 — 23 February 1945 (rel 1947) | 1 |
| Al Phillips | 18 March 1947 — 11 September 1947 | 2 |
| Ronnie Clayton Ronnie Clayton (boxer) Ronnie Clayton was a British boxer, born in Blackpool, Lancashire whose career highlight was winning the European Featherweight championship in 1947.- Boxing career :Clayton was one of three brothers all who were boxers... |
11 September 1947 — 1 June 1954 | 6 |
| Sammy McCarthy | 1 June 1954 — 22 January 1955 | 1 |
| Billy Kelly Billy Kelly (boxer) Billy "Spider" Kelly was a boxer from Derry, Northern Ireland whose career highlight was winning the Commonwealth featherweight title in 1954. He went on to win the British featherweight title in 1955.... |
22 January 1955 — 24 February 1956 | 1 |
| Charlie Hill Charlie Hill Charlie Hill is an Oneida-Mohawk-Cree stand-up comedian and actor. He was also a writer on Roseanne.Although he is known for groundbreaking jokes that reverse the roles of Native American and white culture , his comedy transcends issues of color, and addresses foremost the matters of human... |
24 February 1956 — 13 April 1959 | 3 |
| Bobby Neill | 13 April 1959 — 27 September 1960 | 1 |
| Terry Spinks | 27 September 1960 — 2 May 1961 | 2 |
| Howard Winstone Howard Winstone Howard Winstone, MBE was a Welsh world champion boxer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. As an amateur, Winstone won the Amateur Boxing Association bantamweight title in 1958, and a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff-Boxing style:In his early... |
2 May 1961 — 7 December 1966 (rel 1969) | 6 |
| Jimmy Revie | 24 March 1969 — 5 July 1971 | 2 |
| Evan Armstrong | 5 July 1971 — 25 September 1972 | 2 |
| Tommy Glencross | 25 September 1972 — 17 September 1973 | 1 |
| Evan Armstrong | 17 September 1973 — 8 July 1974 (rel February 1975) | 1 |
| Vernon Sollas | 25 March 1975 — 15 March 1977 | 1 |
| Alan Richardson | 15 March 1977 — 20 April 1978 | 2 |
| Dave Needham Dave Needham (boxer) Dave Needham was a British boxer. He was a Commonwealth Games gold medal winner and one of the few boxers to have held both the BBBC bantamweight and featherweight titles.-Early life and amateur career:... |
20 April 1978 — 6 November 1979 | 2 |
| Pat Cowdell | 6 November 1979 — 29 May 1980 (rel April 1982) | 2 |
| Steve Sims Steve Sims (boxer) Steve "Sammy" Sims is a Welsh former boxer who became Welsh and British featherweight champion.-External links:... |
20 September 1982 (rel January 1983) | 0 |
| Barry McGuigan Barry McGuigan Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE , known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.-Background:... |
12 April 1983 — 19 December 1984 (rel 1985) | 1 |
| Robert Dickie Robert Dickie Robert Dickie was a Welsh professional boxer, fighting at both featherweight and super-featherweight. He was Scottish champion at featherweight, British champion at both weights and became WBC International super-featherweight champion in 1988... |
9 April 1986 — 29 October 1986 (rel 1987) | 2 |
| Peter Harris | 24 February 1988 — 18 May 1988 | 1 |
| Paul Hodkinson Paul Hodkinson Paul Hodkinson aka Hoko is former professional boxer. Hodkinson fought at Featherweight and is the former British, European and World Featherweight Title holder.... |
18 May 1988 — 6 September 1989 (rel) | 2 |
| Sean Murphy | 22 May 1990 — 5 March 1991 | 2 |
| Gary De Roux Gary De Roux Gary De Roux is a boxing trainer and former professional boxer.He was born in Manchester, though is most closely associated with Peterborough, where he was trained by Kevin Sanders, who went on to train Nigel Benn and several other world title holders. The peak of his boxing career was a brief... |
5 March 1991 — 22 May 1991 | 1 |
| Colin McMillan | 22 May 1991 — 29 October 1991 (rel 1992) | 2 |
| John Davison | 10 September 1992 (rel 1993) | 0 |
| Sean Murphy | 27 June 1993 (rel 1993) | 0 |
| Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie MBE is a British former professional boxer, now a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV.-Boxing career:Previously a highly successful professional boxer, McKenzie has been British champion at two weights, a European champion once and World champion at three different weights... |
18 December 1993 (rel) | 0 |
| Billy Hardy Billy Hardy Billy Hardy is a former bantamweight and featherweight boxer champion. He held the British championship at bantamweight and featherweight, as well as the European and Commonwealth featherweight titles.... |
24 May 1994 (rel 1994) | 0 |
| Mike Deveney | 23 January 1995 — 20 September 1995 | 1 |
| Jon Jo Irwin | 20 September 1995 — 14 May 1996 | 2 |
| Colin McMillan | 14 May 1996 — 11 January 1997 | 1 |
| Paul Ingle Paul Ingle Paul Andrew Ingle is a retired featherweight boxer. As an amateur he competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. As a professional he won the IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth featherweight titles.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Ingle was a member of the 1992... |
11 January 1997 — 11 October 1997 (rel) | 2 |
| Jon Jo Irwin | 9 May 1998 — 13 February 1999 | 1 |
| Gary Thornhill Gary Thornhill Gary Thornhill, is a former English professional boxer who fought at featherweight and super featherweight.... |
16 May 2000 (rel 2000) | 0 |
| Scott Harrison | 24 March 2001 — 17 November 2001 (rel 2002) | 2 |
| Jamie McKeever | 8 February 2003 — 17 May 2003 | 1 |
| Roy Rutherford | 17 May 2003 — 22 November 2003 | 1 |
| Dazzo Williams | 22 November 2003 — 16 June 2005 | 4 |
| Nicky Cook Nicky Cook Nicky Cook is an English professional boxer who fights at featherweight he is the former British, Commonwealth, European featherweight and WBO super featherweight champion.-Early professional career:... |
16 June 2005 (rel 2005) | 0 |
| Andy Morris Andy Morris (boxer) Andy Morris is an English boxer who currently fights in the Featherweight division. He is a former holder of the English and British featherweight titles and has fought for the British super featherweight title... |
5 November 2005 — 9 December 2006 | 2 |
| John Simpson John Simpson (boxer) John Simpson , is a professional boxer. He is a featherweight, and current British Featherweight Champion. He is also the Former Commonwealth champion.-Professional career:... |
9 December 2006 — 6 June 2008 | 2 |
| Paul Appleby Paul Appleby (boxer) Paul Appleby, is a Scottish professional boxer who fights in the featherweight division.He is the youngest ever British featherweight champion.-Professional career:... |
6 June 2008 — 25 April 2009 | 2 |
| Martin Lindsay Martin Lindsay (boxer) Martin Lindsay is an Irish professional boxer from Belfast. Lindsay fights at featherweight and is a former IBF Youth featherweight title champion... |
25 April 2009 — 15 December 2010 | 1 |
| John Simpson John Simpson (boxer) John Simpson , is a professional boxer. He is a featherweight, and current British Featherweight Champion. He is also the Former Commonwealth champion.-Professional career:... |
15 December 2010 — | 0 |
See also
Sources
- Maurice Golesworthy, Encyclopaedia of Boxing (Eighth Edition) (1988), Robert Hale Limited, ISBN 0-7090-3323-0