List of British flyweight boxing champions

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

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who have won the British

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flyweight

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championship. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club

National Sporting Club

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since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control

British Boxing Board of Control

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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
Sid Smith Sid Smith (boxer) Sid Smith was an English flyweight boxer of Jewish heritage. He was the first officially recognised British flyweight champion, and was also recognised by the International Boxing Union as the World flyweight champion.-Professional career:He had his first professional fight on 1 February 1907, a...	25 September 1911 — 2 June 1913	4
Bill Ladbury	2 June 1913 — 26 January 1914	1
Percy Jones Percy Jones (boxer) Rhondda's Percy Jones became the first Welshman ever to win a World Boxing title when he took the World Flyweight Championship from Bill Ladbury in 1914...	26 January 1914 (rel 1914)	0
Tancy Lee	25 January 1915 — 18 October 1915	1
Joe Symonds	18 October 1915 — 14 February 1916	1
Jimmy Wilde Jimmy Wilde Jimmy Wilde , was a Welsh world boxing champion. He was the first official world flyweight champion and was rated by American boxing writer Nat Fleischer, as well as many other professionals and fans including former boxer, trainer, manager and promoter, Charley 'Broadway' Rose, as "the greatest...	14 February 1916 — 29 April 1918 (rel 1923)	4
Elky Clark	31 March 1924 — 26 April 1926 (rel 1927)	1
Johnny Hill	30 May 1927 — 29 June 1929 (died September 1929)	2
Jackie Brown Jackie Brown (boxer) For the Scottish flyweight boxer called Jackie Brown, see Jackie Brown .Jackie Brown was a flyweight boxer, who was British and European flyweight champion, and was also recognised by the National Boxing Association as the World flyweight champion.-Professional career:He had his first professional...	13 October 1929 — 3 March 1930	1
Bert Kirby	3 March 1930 — 2 February 1931	1
Jackie Brown Jackie Brown (boxer) For the Scottish flyweight boxer called Jackie Brown, see Jackie Brown .Jackie Brown was a flyweight boxer, who was British and European flyweight champion, and was also recognised by the National Boxing Association as the World flyweight champion.-Professional career:He had his first professional...	2 February 1931 — 9 September 1935	3
Benny Lynch Benny Lynch Benny Lynch was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and Ring Magazine has described him as the greatest fighter that Scotland has ever produced...	9 September 1935 — 13 October 1937 (rel 1938)	2
Jackie Paterson Jackie Paterson Jackie Paterson was a Scottish boxer who was world flyweight boxing champion. He was also British champion at flyweight and bantamweight.-Early life:...	30 September 1939 — 23 March 1948	4
Rinty Monaghan Rinty Monaghan John Joseph "Rinty" Monaghan was a former world flyweight boxing champion from Belfast. He became famous in the post-war period, eventually rising to become undisputed world champion and a hero to many people in his home city....	23 March 1948 — 30 September 1949 (rel 1949)	1
Terry Allen Terry Allen (boxer) Terry Allen was an English flyweight boxer. During his career, he became British, Commonwealth, European and World flyweight champion.- Family :...	11 June 1951 — 17 March 1952	1
Teddy Gardner	17 March 1952 (rel September 1952)	0
Terry Allen Terry Allen (boxer) Terry Allen was an English flyweight boxer. During his career, he became British, Commonwealth, European and World flyweight champion.- Family :...	21 October 1952 — 16 February 1954 (rel 1954)	1
Dai Dower Dai Dower David William "Dai" Dower MBE , former British, Empire and European Flyweight boxing champion, is one of the most successful Welsh boxers of all time.-Amateur career:...	28 February 1955 (rel 1957)	0
Frankie Jones Frankie Jones Frankie Jones, also known as Jah Frankie Jones, is a Jamaican reggae singer best known for his recordings of the late 1970s and 1980s.-Biography:Jones was born in the Greenwich Farm area of Kingston...	31 July 1957 — 8 October 1960	2
Johnny Caldwell	8 October 1960 (rel 1961)	0
Jackie Brown Jackie Brown (Scottish boxer) For the English flyweight boxer called Jackie Brown, see Jackie Brown Jackie Brown is a former flyweight boxer, who was British and Commonwealth flyweight champion.-Professional career:...	27 February 1962 — 2 May 1963	1
Walter McGowan Walter McGowan Walter McGowan, MBE , is a retired Scottish boxer. He is renowned for having been WBC world flyweight champion.He was the son of Thomas McGowan, who had boxed under the name of 'Joe Gans'....	2 May 1963 (rel Nov 1966)	0
John McCluskey	16 January 1967 — 14 October 1974 (rel September 1977)	2
Charlie Magri Charlie Magri Charlie Magri is a former English flyweight boxer. He is from a Maltese family that settled in Stepney, London where he grew up...	6 December 1977 (rel August 1981)	0
Kelvin Smart	14 September 1982 — 25 January 1984	1
Hugh Russell Hugh Russell Hugh Russell is a former Irish boxer. Russell won a Flyweight bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics...	25 January 1984 — 23 February 1985 (rel April 1985)	2
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...	5 June 1985 — 20 May 1986 (rel August 1986)	1
Dave McAuley Dave McAuley Dave McAuley, born 15 June 1961 in Larne, Northern Ireland is a former professional boxer. During his professional career he held the IBF world title in the Flyweight category. He was arguably the Irelands greatest ever Flyweight.-Boxing career:...	20 October 1986 (rel 1987)	0
Pat Clinton Pat Clinton Patrick Clinton is a former professional boxer in the flyweight division. He was a member of Croy Miners Amateur Boxing Club.- Boxing career :...	9 March 1988 — 19 December 1989 (rel 1991)	2
Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan (born 30 August 1968 in Caerphilly, Wales is a Welsh former professional boxer.-Pro career:Regan is a former WBO World Bantamweight champion and former interim IBF World Flyweight champion. In 1995 he captured the interim IBF flyweight title with a KO win...	28 May 1991 — 3 September 1991	1
Francis Ampofo	3 September 1991 — 17 December 1991	1
Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan (born 30 August 1968 in Caerphilly, Wales is a Welsh former professional boxer.-Pro career:Regan is a former WBO World Bantamweight champion and former interim IBF World Flyweight champion. In 1995 he captured the interim IBF flyweight title with a KO win...	17 December 1991 — 19 May 1992 (rel 1992)	1
Francis Ampofo	12 December 1992 — 20 December 1994 (rel 1995)	2
Mickey Cantwell	21 March 1996 (rel 1996)	0
Ady Lewis	27 January 1997 — 11 September 1997 (rel 1998)	2
Damaen Kelly Damaen Kelly Damaen Kelly is a former professional boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who represented the Republic of Ireland at international level. Kelly fought his final professional fights in the Bantamweight division but was more noted for boxing in the Flyweight division...	13 March 1999 — 22 May 1999	1
Keith Knox	22 May 1999 — 16 October 1999	1
Thomas Willie	16 October 2002 — 13 November 2003	1
Chris Edwards Chris Edwards (boxer) Chris Edwards is an English professional boxer who competes in the flyweight and Super flyweight divisions. He comes from Stoke-on-Trent and is the current British and Commonwealth flyweight champion having previously held the British title at Super flyweight....	23 January 2009 — 23 October 2009	2
Shinny Bayaar Shinny Bayaar Shinebayar Sukhbaatar 'Shinny Bayaar is a Mongolian professional boxer with British nationality fighting in the flyweight division. He is based in Oldham, Greater Manchester and is the former British Flyweight champion....	23 October 2009 — 15 December 2010	1
Paul Edwards Paul Edwards (boxer) Paul Edwards is an English boxer who fights in the flyweight division. He won the British welterweight title on 15 December 2010 with a victory over Shinny Bayaar after the bout was stopped with Bayaar having received a cut...	15 December 2010 —	0

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

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