List of British middleweight boxing champions
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List of British middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers
who have won the British
middleweight
championship. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club
since 1909, and later by its replacement the 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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middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
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 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.- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Thomas Thomas Thomas (boxer) Thomas Thomas , was a Welsh boxer, the first British middleweight boxing champion.-Early years:He was born at Glynarthen, Cardiganshire but moved to Carncelyn Farm, Penygraig, in the Rhondda Valley of South Wales at an early age.-Learning the noble art:He began boxing in a sideshow, touring with... |
28 May 1906 — 14 November 1910 | 6 |
| Jimmy Sullivan | 14 November 1910 (rel) | 0 |
| Jack Harrison | 20 May 1912 (rel) | 0 |
| Pat O'Keefe Pat O'Keefe Pat O'Keefe was an English boxer who became British champion at both welter and middleweight. His professional career spanned between 1903 and 1915, and in 1914 he made an unsuccessful bid at the European Heavyweight belt, losing to Georges Carpentier... |
23 February 1914 — 22 May 1916 | 5 |
| Bandsman Jack Blake | 22 May 1916 — 28 January 1918 | 1 |
| Pat O'Keefe Pat O'Keefe Pat O'Keefe was an English boxer who became British champion at both welter and middleweight. His professional career spanned between 1903 and 1915, and in 1914 he made an unsuccessful bid at the European Heavyweight belt, losing to Georges Carpentier... |
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 Frank Moody Frank Moody was a Welsh boxer who fought between 1914 and 1936. He is most notable for winning the British and Empire middleweight boxing championship in 1927 and 1928 and the light-heavyweight title from 1927 to 1929.... |
16 February 1927 (rel) | 0 |
| Alex Ireland | 14 March 1928 (rel) | 0 |
| Frank Moody Frank Moody Frank Moody was a Welsh boxer who fought between 1914 and 1936. He is most notable for winning the British and Empire middleweight boxing championship in 1927 and 1928 and the light-heavyweight title from 1927 to 1929.... |
6 August 1928 — 17 September 1928 | 1 |
| Alex Ireland | 17 September 1928 — 16 May 1929 | 2 |
| Len Harvey Len Harvey Len Harvey was a boxer born in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall. A great tactician and defensive boxer who boxed at every weight division of his day. He began boxing at the very young age of 12 and boxed to he was 36. He was British champion at three weights, middleweight, light-heavy and heavyweight... |
16 May 1929 — 10 April 1933 | 7 |
| Jock McAvoy Jock McAvoy Jock McAvoy was a British boxer who fought from 1927 to 1945. He was born Joseph Patrick Bamford in Rochdale, Lancashire. Jo Bamford adopted the name Jock McAvoy so that his mother did not realise he was boxing... |
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 English middleweight boxer. He was British and Commonwealth middleweight 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 boxer 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. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. As of 2008, Downes was Britain’s oldest surviving former world champion... |
30 September 1958 — 15 September 1959 | 1 |
| John McCormack | 15 September 1959 — 3 November 1959 | 1 |
| Terry Downes Terry Downes Terry Downes is a retired British middleweight boxer. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. As of 2008, Downes was Britain’s oldest surviving former world champion... |
3 November 1959 — 5 July 1960 (rel) | 1 |
| George Aldridge George Aldridge George Washington Aldridge, Sr was a New York politician. He was the Mayor of Rochester, New York from 1873-1874. He is buried in Rochester's Mount Hope Cemetery.-References:... |
26 November 1962 — 28 May 1963 | 1 |
| Mick Leahy Mick Leahy (boxer) Mick Leahy was an Irish born professional boxer who became a British citizen in 1961. In a career which spanned from 1956 to 1965, Leahy won the British Middleweight title and fought such names as Laszlo Papp and Nino Benvenuti... |
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 Bunny Sterling Bunny Sterling became the first immigrant to win a British title. He was born in Jamaica.Managed by George Francis, he won the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles on September 8, 1970 at Wembley Stadium in London, knocking out Mark Rowe in the fourth round.Sterling fought for the first... |
8 September 1970 — 11 February 1974 | 4 |
| Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English boxer.In his early career when Kevin was still an amateur he was banned for 18 months for climbing into the ring to dispute a loss by his brother... |
11 February 1974 (rel) | 0 |
| Bunny Sterling Bunny Sterling Bunny Sterling became the first immigrant to win a British title. He was born in Jamaica.Managed by George Francis, he won the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles on September 8, 1970 at Wembley Stadium in London, knocking out Mark Rowe in the fourth round.Sterling fought for the first... |
10 June 1975 (rel) | 0 |
| Alan Minter Alan Minter Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games... |
4 November 1975 — 14 September 1976 (rel) | 2 |
| Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English boxer.In his early career when Kevin was still an amateur he was banned for 18 months for climbing into the ring to dispute a loss by his brother... |
31 May 1977 — 8 November 1977 (rel) | 1 |
| Alan Minter Alan Minter Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games... |
8 November 1977 (rel) | 0 |
| Tony Sibson Tony Sibson Tony Sibson is a former professional boxer.Tony Sibson was well known as Britain's best as he was Commonwealth and European champion and world title challenger... |
10 April 1979 — 6 November 1979 | 1 |
| Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English boxer.In his early career when Kevin was still an amateur he was banned for 18 months for climbing into the ring to dispute a loss by his brother... |
6 November 1979 (rel) | 0 |
| Roy Gumbs Roy Gumbs Roy Gumbs is an Anguillan international footballer who plays as a striker.-Career:Gumbs has played club football in England for Beaconsfield SYCOB and Slough Town.He made one international appearance for Anguilla in 2008.... |
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 boxer.Tony Sibson was well known as Britain's best as he was Commonwealth and European champion and world title challenger... |
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 boxers 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 boxer.Tony Sibson was well known as Britain's best as he was Commonwealth and European champion and world title challenger... |
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 boxers 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 boxer and former World Champion in the Super Middleweight division.... |
17 January 1998 (rel) | 0 |
| Howard Eastman | 30 November 1998 — 16 April 2003 (rel) | 3 |
| Scott Dann | 17 September 2004 — 16 September 2005 (rel) | 3 |
| Howard Eastman | 15 December 2006 — 28 September 2007 | 1 |
| Wayne Elcock Wayne Elcock Wayne Elcock is an English boxer. He is the current British Middleweight champion, having won the title from Howard Eastman in September 2007. Elcock has also held the lightly regarded WBU middleweight title. As of December 2007, he has had 21 professional fights, with 18 wins and three losses... |
28 September 2007 — 14 March 2009 | 2 |
| Matthew Macklin Matthew Macklin Matthew Macklin , known as "The Tipperary Tornado", is a British-Irish professional boxer who fights at middleweight or the divisions either side.He is the former Irish, British and European middleweight champion.... |
14 March 2009 (rel) | 0 |
| Darren Barker Darren Barker Darren Barker is an English middleweight boxer. He is a former holder of the British and European middleweight titles and a former holder of the Commonwealth title... |
28 November 2009 — present | 0 |