List of European Boxing Union welterweight champions
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The European Boxing Union
(EBU) is an organisation in the sport of boxing
in Europe
. The boxers that have won the EBU title in the welterweight
division are listed below.
European Boxing Union
The European Boxing Union is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe.-History:The EBU started life as the International Boxing Union in Paris in 1910...
(EBU) is an organisation in the sport of boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
in Europe
Europe
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. The boxers that have won the EBU title in the welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division are listed below.
List of champions
| List of EBU welterweight champions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| Young Joseph | 19 November 1910 | 1 | British |
| Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier was a French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from... |
23 October 1911 | 0 |  French |
| Albert Badoud | 21 October 1915 | 2 |  Swiss |
| Johnny Basham | 2 September 1919 | 0 | British |
| Ted "Kid" Lewis | 9 June 1920 | 1 | British |
| Piet Hobin | 25 June 1921 | 1 |  Belgian |
| Billy Mack | 23 April 1923 | 0 | British |
| Piet Hobin | 6 May 1923 | 2 | Belgian |
| Ted "Kid" Lewis | 3 July 1924 | 0 | British |
| Tommy Milligan | 26 November 1924 | 0 | British |
| Mario Bosisio | 28 November 1925 | 2 |  Italian |
| Leo Darton | 10 July 1928 | 0 | Belgian |
| Alf Genon | 26 November 1928 | 3 | Belgian |
| Gustave Roth | 9 October 1929 | 12 | Belgian |
| Adrien Anneet Adrien Anneet Adrien Anneet was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born in Brussels.In 1928 he was eliminated in the second round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to Cor Blommers.... |
26 October 1932 | 1 | Belgian |
| Jack Hood | 22 May 1933 | 0 | British |
| Gustav Eder | 8 June 1934 | 8 |  German |
| Felix Wouters | 23 July 1936 | 4 | Belgian |
| Saverio Turiello | 26 December 1938 | 0 | Italian |
| Marcel Cerdan Marcel Cerdan Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French pied noir world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa... |
3 June 1939 | 2 | French |
| Ernie Roderick | 4 June 1946 | 0 | British |
| Robert Villemain Robert Villemain Robert Villemain was a French boxer. Villemain defeated Hall of Famers Kid Gavilan and Jake LaMotta during his career, and lost his Pennsylvania middleweight title to Sugar Ray Robinson in 1950.... |
1 February 1947 | 3 | French |
| Livio Minelli | 4 March 1949 | 1 | Italian |
| Michele Palermo | 14 July 1950 | 0 | Italian |
| Eddie Thomas Eddie Thomas Eddie Thomas MBE , was a Welsh boxing champion and boxing manager.Thomas was born in Merthyr Tydfil. After a highly successful amateur boxing career, he turned professional in 1946. He won the Welsh welterweight title in 1948, the British welterweight title in 1949, and the European welterweight... |
19 February 1951 | 0 | British |
| Charles Humez | 13 June 1951 | 1 | French |
| Gilbert Lavoine | 22 March 1953 | 1 | French |
| Wally Thom | 26 August 1954 | 1 | British |
| Idrissa Dione | 23 June 1955 | 1 | French |
| Emilio Marconi | 12 February 1956 | 2 | Italian |
| Peter Waterman | 28 January 1958 | 0 | British |
| Emilio Marconi | 26 December 1958 | 0 | Italian |
| 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... |
19 April 1959 | 4 | Italian |
| Fortunato Manca | 9 October 1964 | 1 | Italian |
| Jean Josselin | 25 April 1966 | 0 | French |
| Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi Carmelo Bossi was an Italian boxer who held the European welterweight and world junior middleweight titles. Bossi boxed from 1961 to 1971 and his final overall record was 40 wins , 8 defeats and 3 draws.- Amateur career :... |
17 May 1967 | 2 | Italian |
| Edwin Mack | 14 August 1968 | 0 |  Dutch Antillean |
| Silvano Bertini Silvano Bertini Silvano Bertini is a former Italian welterweight boxer.-Amateur:Bertini won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, losing to gold medalist Marian Kasprzyk.-Pro career:... |
18 January 1969 | 0 | Italian |
| Jean Josselin | 5 May 1969 | 0 | French |
| Johann Orsolics | 25 September 1969 | 2 |  Austrian |
| Ralph Charles | 20 November 1970 | 0 | British |
| Roger Menetrey | 4 June 1971 | 5 | French |
| John H. Stracey John H. Stracey John H. Stracey is a former professional boxer who was world Welterweight champion. He also had, at one point, a boxing school in London.... |
27 May 1974 | 1 | British |
| Marco Scano | 9 April 1976 | 1 | Italian |
| Jørgen Hansen Jørgen Hansen (boxer) Jørgen Hansen is a retired Danish welterweight boxer.Hansen competed for Denmark at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division but lost his first match... |
2 June 1977 | 0 |  Danish |
| Joerg Eipel | 6 August 1977 | 0 | German |
| Alain Marion | 17 December 1977 | 0 | French |
| Jørgen Hansen Jørgen Hansen (boxer) Jørgen Hansen is a retired Danish welterweight boxer.Hansen competed for Denmark at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division but lost his first match... |
27 April 1978 | 0 | Danish |
| Joseph Pachler | 18 August 1978 | 0 | Austrian |
| Henry Rhiney | 2 December 1978 | 0 |  Jamaican |
| Dave Boy Green Dave Boy Green Dave "Boy" Green is a former British welterweight boxing champion and businessman. Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, a small fenland town, he boxed as the "Fen Tiger".-Early years:... |
23 January 1979 | 0 | British |
| Jørgen Hansen Jørgen Hansen (boxer) Jørgen Hansen is a retired Danish welterweight boxer.Hansen competed for Denmark at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division but lost his first match... |
28 June 1979 | 6 | Danish |
| Hans-Henrik Palm | 26 February 1982 | 1 | Danish |
| Colin Jones | 5 November 1982 | 0 | British |
| Gilles Elbilia | 10 October 1983 | 1 | French |
| Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi Gianfranco Rosi was an Italian boxer at middleweight.- Professional career :Rosi turned pro in 1979 and won the WBC Light Middleweight Title in 1987 by decisioning Lupe Aquino. He lost the belt in 1988 when he was dominated by Donald Curry... |
7 July 1984 | 0 | Italian |
| Lloyd Honeyghan Lloyd Honeyghan Lloyd Honeyghan is a retired British boxer. Born in Jamaica, he was WBC/WBA & IBF welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987. and WBC welterweight champion from 1988 to 1989.... |
5 January 1985 | 1 | British |
| Jose Varela | 10 October 1986 | 0 |  Spanish |
| Alfonso Redondo | 4 April 1987 | 0 | Spanish |
| Mauro Martelli | 25 June 1987 | 4 | Swiss |
| Nino LaRocca | 15 April 1989 | 1 | Italian |
| Antoine Fernandez | 30 December 1989 | 1 | French |
| Kirkland Laing Kirkland Laing Kirkland Laing is a retired British Welterweight boxer nicknamed The Gifted One.Laing fought 56 times in a twenty year career, the highlight of which was a shock split decision win over Roberto Durán in September 1982. The fight was selected as Ring Magazine's upset of the year... |
9 May 1990 | 0 | British |
| Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional.... |
14 November 1990 | 2 | Italian |
| Ludovic Proto Ludovic Proto Ludovic Proto is a French boxer who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's light welterweight division .-Reference:... |
16 October 1992 | 0 | French |
| Gary Jacobs Gary Jacobs (boxer) Gary "The Kid" Jacobs is a former professional Scottish boxer.Jacobs at various points in his career held the British, Commonwealth, and European welterweight titles, as well as unsuccessfully challenging Pernell Whitaker for his WBC crown. Jacobs wore a Star of David on his trunks... |
6 February 1993 | 3 | British |
| Jose Luis Navarro | 17 December 1994 | 1 | Spanish |
| Valery Kayumba | 1 April 1995 | 0 | French |
| Patrick Charpentier Patrick Charpentier Patrick Charpentier is a French boxer who had a boxing record of 27 wins, five losses, and one draw. He had 23 knockouts.Charpentier began boxing in 1989 and held two titles: the French welterweight title and the European Boxing Union welterweight title.His biggest fight of his career fight came... |
18 July 1995 | 2 | French |
| Andrey Pestryaev | 15 February 1997 | 0 |  Russian |
| Michele Piccirillo Michele Piccirillo Michele Piccirillo is a professional boxer in the welterweight division.- Professional career :... |
29 November 1997 | 0 | Italian |
| Maxim Nesterenko | 15 August 1998 | 1 | Russian |
| Alessandro Duran | 24 April 1999 | 0 | Italian |
| Andrey Pestryaev | 16 October 1999 | 0 | Russian |
| Alessandro Duran | 18 March 2000 | 1 | Italian |
| Thomas Damgaard | 3 November 2000 | 0 | Danish |
| Alessandro Duran | 4 May 2001 | 1 | Italian |
| Christian Bladt | 18 January 2002 | 0 | Danish |
| Michel Trabant | 20 April 2002 | 2 | German |
| Frederic Klose | 19 June 2003 | 1 | French |
| Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal Oktay Urkal is a Turkish-German former professional welterweight.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Urkal won the silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia... |
14 May 2005 | 1 | German |
| Frederic Klose | 14 April 2006 | 1 | French |
| Jackson Osei Bonsu Sugar Jackson Jackson Osei Bonsu is a Belgian welterweight professional boxer of Ghanaian descent. He started to call himself Sugar as a reference to Sugar Ray Robinson... |
25 February 2007 | 4 | Belgian |
| Rafał Jackiewicz Rafał Jackiewicz Rafał Jackiewicz is a Polish professional boxer who fights in welterweight division. He is former EBU welterweight champion. His professional debut took place on 17 February 2001. Jackiewicz defeated Milan Smetana from Slovakia, winning by points after a four-round bout... |
14 September 2008 | 2 |  Polish |
| Selçuk Aydın Selçuk Aydin Selçuk Aydın is a Turkish boxer best known for winning several medals in the European Amateur Championships and winning the vacant WBC Silver Welterweight Title as professional boxer by defeating Jo Jo Dan.-Amateur:... |
11 July 2009 | 0 |  Turkish |
| Matthew Hatton Matthew Hatton Matthew James Hatton , is a professional boxer, using the nickname "Magic". He is a welterweight, and is a former Commonwealth and World title challenger and the current European Champion.... |
26 March 2010 | 2 | British |
See also
- List of European Boxing Union heavyweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union cruiserweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union light heavyweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union super middleweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union middleweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union light middleweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union light welterweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union lightweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union super featherweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union featherweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union super bantamweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union bantamweight champions
- List of European Boxing Union flyweight champions