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List of British flyweight boxing champions

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List of British flyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British flyweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1929.

A champion may retire or voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of the last BBBoC sanctioned fight is shown.

–Champion relinquished title.

–Champion stripped of title.

Name Duration of reign Defences
Sid Smith 4 December 1911 – 2 June 1913 2
Bill Ladbury 2 June 1913 – 26 January 1914 1
Percy Jones 26 January 1914 0
Tancy Lee 25 January 1915 – 18 October 1915 1
Joe Symonds 18 October 1915 – 14 February 1916 1
Jimmy Wilde 14 February 1916 – 29 April 1918 4
Elky Clark 31 March 1924 – 7 April 1927 1
Johnny Hill 30 May 1927 – 27 September 1929 (died) 2
Jackie Brown 13 October 1929 – 3 March 1930 1
Bert Kirby 3 March 1930 – 6 January 1931 0
Jackie Brown 2 February 1931 – 9 September 1935 3
Benny Lynch 9 September 1935 – 13 October 1937 2
Jackie Paterson 30 September 1939 – 23 March 1948 4
Rinty Monaghan 23 March 1948 – 30 September 1949 1
Terry Allen 11 June 1951 – 17 March 1952 1
Teddy Gardner 17 March 1952 – September 1952 0
Terry Allen 21 October 1952 – 16 February 1954 1
Dai Dower 28 February 1955 0
Frankie Jones 31 July 1957 – 8 October 1960 2
Johnny Caldwell 8 October 1960 0
Jackie Brown 27 February 1962 – 2 May 1963 1
Walter McGowan 2 May 1963 – November 1966 0
John McCluskey 16 January 1967 – September 1977 2
Charlie Magri 6 December 1977 – August 1981 0
Kelvin Smart 14 September 1982 – 25 January 1984 1
Hugh Russell 25 January 1984 — April 1985 2
Duke McKenzie 5 June 1985 – August 1986 1
Dave McAuley 20 October 1986 0
Pat Clinton 9 March 1988 – 19 December 1989 2
Robbie Regan 28 May 1991 – 3 September 1991 1
Francis Ampofo 3 September 1991 – 17 December 1991 1
Robbie Regan 17 December 1991 – 19 May 1992 1
Francis Ampofo 12 December 1992 – 20 December 1994 2
Mickey Cantwell 21 March 1996 0
Ady Lewis 27 January 1997 – 11 September 1997 2
Damaen Kelly 13 March 1999 – 22 May 1999 1
Keith Knox 22 May 1999 – 16 October 1999 1
Jason Booth 16 October 2002 – 13 November 2003 1
Chris Edwards 23 January 2009 – 23 October 2009 2
Shinny Bayaar 23 October 2009 – 15 December 2010 1
Paul Edwards 15 December 2010 – 11 June 2011 0
Chris Edwards 11 June 2011 – 13 October 2012 2
Kevin Satchell 13 October 2012 – 6 July 2013 2
Andrew Selby 14 May 2016 – 15 November 2019 0

See also

Sources

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