List of European Boxing Union lightweight champions

European Boxing Union

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. The boxers that have won the EBU title in the lightweight

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division are listed below.

List of champions

List of EBU lightweight champions.
Name	Date of title victory	Successful defences	Nationality
Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh was a Welsh lightweight boxing champion. Born in Pontypridd, Wales, and christened Frederick Hall Thomas, he was nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a middle-class background to make a name for himself in America...	23 August 1909	2	British
Matt Wells Matt Wells (boxer) Matthew "Matt" Wells was a professional boxer in the welterweight division.- Amateur career :During his amateur career, he won four consecutive ABA Lightweight titles .- Olympics :...	27 February 1911	0	British
Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh Freddie Welsh was a Welsh lightweight boxing champion. Born in Pontypridd, Wales, and christened Frederick Hall Thomas, he was nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a middle-class background to make a name for himself in America...	11 November 1912	2	British
Bob Marriott	10 April 1919	0	British
Georges Papin	17 May 1920	0	French
Ernie Rice	9 May 1921	0	British
Seaman James Hall	18 September 1922	1	British
Harry Mason	21 November 1923	0	British
Fred Bretonnel Fred Bretonnel Fred Bretonnel was a French lightweight boxer and title holder of the Featherweight Championship of France from 24 June to 7 October 1924, when it was taken by Lucien Vinez....	27 February 1924	2	French
Lucien Vinez	7 October 1924	1	French
Harry Mason	22 June 1925	0	British
Lucien Vinez	16 September 1925	2	French
Luis Rayo	3 August 1927	1	Spanish
Aime Raphael	22 December 1928	1	French
François Sybille François Sybille François Sybille was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Jean Ces....	14 April 1929	1	Belgian
Alf Howard	16 January 1930	0	British
François Sybille François Sybille François Sybille was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Jean Ces....	18 June 1930	1	Belgian
Bep van Klaveren Bep van Klaveren Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Born in Rotterdam as Lambertus Steenhorst, he adopted the name of his stepfather Pieter van Klaveren when he was eight...	19 July 1931	3	Dutch
Cleto Locatelli	17 July 1932	0	Italian
François Sybille François Sybille François Sybille was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Jean Ces....	7 December 1932	2	Belgian
Cleto Locatelli	22 October 1933	0	Italian
François Sybille François Sybille François Sybille was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the bantamweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Jean Ces....	10 February 1934	0	Belgian
Carlo Orlandi Carlo Orlandi Carlo Orlandi was an Italian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 he won the gold medal in the lightweight class after winning the final against Stephen Halaiko.Orlandi was a deaf-mute....	17 March 1934	1	Italian
Enrico Venturi	12 October 1935	0	Italian
Vittorio Tamagnini Vittorio Tamagnini Vittorio Tamagnini was a bantamweight professional boxer from Italy, who won the gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- Olympic results :*1st round bye...	10 October 1936	2	Italian
Maurice Arnault	22 April 1937	0	French
Gustave Humery	27 May 1937	0	French
Aldo Spoldi	2 September 1938	1	Italian
Karl Blaho	26 October 1940	1	Austrian
Bruno Bisterzo	31 May 1941	0	Italian
Ascenzo Botta	26 November 1941	0	Italian
Bruno Bisterzo	31 December 1941	0	Italian
Ascenzo Botta	14 May 1942	0	Italian
Roberto Proietti	20 September 1942	1	Italian
Bruno Bisterzo	8 May 1943	0	Italian
Roberto Proietti	26 May 1946	0	Italian
Emile Di Cristo	4 December 1946	0	French
Kid Dussart	29 March 1947	0	Belgian
Roberto Proietti	21 May 1947	1	Italian
Billy Thompson	17 February 1948	3	British
Kid Dussart	5 July 1949	0	Belgian
Roberto Proietti	17 December 1949	2	Italian
Pierre Montane	23 February 1951	0	French
Elis Ask	17 August 1951	0	Finnish
Jorgen Johansen	4 January 1952	4	Danish
Duilio Loi Duilio Loi Duilio Loi was an Italian boxer who held the Italian and European lightweight and welterweight titles, as well as the world junior welterweight championship. Loi fought from 1948 to 1962, and retired with a record of 115 wins , 3 losses and 8 draws...	6 February 1954	8	Italian
Mario Vecchiatto	24 October 1959	0	Italian
Dave Charnley Dave Charnley Dave Charnley was an English lightweight boxer considered to be one of the greatest British fighters in his weight class...	29 March 1960	3	British
Conny Rudhof	29 September 1963	0	German
Willy Quatuor	8 May 1964	0	German
Franco Brondi	13 March 1965	1	Italian
Maurice Tavant	9 October 1965	2	French
Borge Krogh	3 November 1966	0	Danish
Pedro Carrasco Pedro Carrasco Pedro Carrasco was a Spanish boxer whose fame transcended the boxing ring. During the 1970s, he was a media darling in Spain.Carrasco was crowned European Lightweight champion in 1967...	30 June 1967	5	Spanish
Miguel Velazquez	29 January 1970	3	Spanish
Antonio Puddu	31 July 1971	4	Italian
Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan is a former boxing undisputed world lightweight champion. Many consider Buchanan to be the best boxer ever to come out of Scotland.- Early career :...	1 May 1974	2	British
Fernand Roelands	6 February 1976	0	Belgian
Perico Fernandez Perico Fernandez Perico Fernandez is a retired professional boxer from Zaragoza, Spain. He is a former WBC light welterweight champion.-Pro career:...	9 July 1976	1	Spanish
Jim Watt	5 August 1977	3	British
Charlie Nash Charlie Nash Charlie Nash, born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1951, is a retired boxer. As an amateur he held an Irish national title and represented Ireland in the 1972 Olympic Games. As a professional he won the professional British and then European lightweight titles but lost to Jim Watt, when he...	27 June 1979	1	British
Francisco Leon	1 June 1980	0	Spanish
Charlie Nash Charlie Nash Charlie Nash, born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1951, is a retired boxer. As an amateur he held an Irish national title and represented Ireland in the 1972 Olympic Games. As a professional he won the professional British and then European lightweight titles but lost to Jim Watt, when he...	14 December 1980	0	British
Joey Gibilisco	10 May 1981	1	Australian
Ray Cattouse	24 February 1982	0	British
Joey Gibilisco	11 November 1982	1	Australian
Lucio Cusma	17 March 1983	0	Italian
Rene Weller	29 June 1983	0	German
Lucio Cusma	30 September 1983	0	Italian
Rene Weller	9 March 1984	4	German
Gert Bo Jacobsen Gert Bo Jacobsen Gert Bo Jacobsen is a former WBO welterweight title holder. He is from Oestrup, Denmark. His first 26 fights he was undefeated from 1983 to 1988. His first lost came in October 1988 to Greg Haugen....	10 January 1986	5	Danish
Rene Weller	5 March 1988	0	German
Policarpo Diaz	30 November 1988	7	Spanish
Antonio Renzo	27 April 1991	2	Italian
Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean-Baptiste Mendy is a French former professional boxer of African origin. He's also a former WBC and WBA lightweight champion.- Professional career :...	27 March 1992	6	French
Racheed Lawal	22 April 1994	0	Danish
Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean Baptiste Mendy Jean-Baptiste Mendy is a French former professional boxer of African origin. He's also a former WBC and WBA lightweight champion.- Professional career :...	4 December 1994	1	French
Angel Mona	18 July 1995	2	French
Carlos Fernandes	15 February 1997	0	French
Oscar Garcia Cano	29 March 1997	0	Spanish
Billy Schwer Billy Schwer William Schwer , more commonly known as Billy Schwer, is a former professional boxer from Luton in Bedfordshire, England....	25 October 1997	3	British
Oscar Garcia Cano	15 November 1999	0	Spanish
Julien Lorcy Julien Lorcy Julien Lorcy , was a professional boxer who held the WBA lightweight title twice.- Amateur career :Record: 65-4 *1990 French National Amateur Featherweight Champion...	31 January 2000	1	French
Stefano Zoff Stefano Zoff Stefano Zoff is an Italian lightweight boxer from Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.-External links:...	26 May 2001	2	Italian
Jason Cook Jason Cook (boxer) Jason Cook is a professional boxer, who fights under the nickname "The Power". As an amateur, he won a silver medal for Wales at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. As a professional, he has fought as a lightweight, and has won both the European and IBO championships at the weight...	2 August 2002	2	British
Stefano Zoff Stefano Zoff Stefano Zoff is an Italian lightweight boxer from Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.-External links:...	7 June 2003	4	Italian
Juan Carlos Diaz Melero	4 November 2005	1	Spanish
Yuri Ramanau	11 November 2006	3	Belarusian
Jonathan Thaxton	4 October 2008	0	British
Anthony Mezaache	28 February 2009	1	French
John Murray John Murray (boxer) John Murray is an English lightweight boxer. He is a former Scottish and Irish lightweight champion...	7 May 2010	1	British

List of champions

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