List of Australian heavyweight boxing champions


This list of Australian heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the Australian professional heavyweight championship. The title has been administered by the Australian National Boxing Federation since 1965, and prior to that by Stadiums Limited.
A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of his final defence is shown.
r - Champion relinquished title.

s - Champion stripped of title.

i - Interim Champion of title.
NameDuration of reignDefences
Bill Farnan26 July 1884 – 20 May 18852
Tom Lees20 May 1885 – 25 September 18863
Peter Jackson25 September 1886r
Frank Slavin8 December 1888r
Joe Goddard24 June 1890r
Owen Sullivan25 August 1890r
Joe Goddard1 November 1890 – 20 July 1891r2
Harry Laing1 January 1894r
Mick Dooley23 June 1894 – 10 July 18973
Peter Felix10 July 1897 – 8 October 18981
Tut Ryan8 October 1898r
Bill Doherty25 February 1899 – 2 December 18994
Peter Felix2 December 1899 – 16 July 19001
Bill Doherty16 July 1900 – 19 June 19013
Tut Ryan19 June 1901 – 19 June 19012
Bill Doherty19 June 1901 – 13 October 19023
Bill Squires13 October 1902 – 5 May 1903r2
Peter Felix22 September 1903 – 27 September 19042
Arthur Cripps27 September 1904r
Bill Squires5 June 1905 – 9 September 19051
Tim Draffin Murphy9 September 1905 – 28 April 19061
Bill Squires28 April 1906 – 22 December 1906r3
Jim Griffin15 April 1907r
Bill Lang3 October 1907 – 11 April 191011
Tommy Burns11 April 1919r
Bill Turner15 August 1910r
Bill Lang13 May 1911 – 9 September 19112
Jack Lester9 September 1911 – 30 September 19111
Sam McVea30 September 1911 – 8 April 19124
Sam Langford8 April 1912 – 19 June 1913r4
Dave Smith5 November 1913 – 1 August 19142
Jimmy Clabby1 August 1914 – 12 August 19141
Dave Smith12 August 1914–13 February 1915r1
Harold Hardwick6 March 1915 – 19 February 19161
Les Darcy19 February 1916–16 August 1916r3
Dave Smith26 December 1916 – 26 May 19172
Jimmy Clabby26 May 1917 – 1 January 19184
Albert Kid Lloyd1 January 1918 – 22 March 19182
Ern Waddy1918–15 February 1919r2
Albert Kid Lloyd1 March 1919 – 21 February 19206
George Cook21 February 1920r
Billy Shade7 May 1921r
Ern Waddy7 May 1921 – 8 September 19211
Albert Kid Lloyd8 September 1921r
Colin Bell17 March 1922–24 February 19232
Jim Roland Dwyer24 February 1923–30 April 19232
Ern Waddy30 April 1923 – 8 September 19233
George "Blackie" Miller8 September 1923 – 26 April 19241
Ern Waddy26 April 1924 – 12 July 19265
Ern Sheppard12 July 1926 – 22 October 19261
George Thompson22 October 1926 – 18 December 19261
Tiger Jack Payne18 December 1926 – 27 December 19261
George Cook27 December 1926r
George Thompson18 June 1927 – 2 July 19271
Tiger Jack Payne2 July 1927 – 7 April 1928r1
Dom McLeod31 July 1929 – 9 November 19291
Fred Young9 November 1929r
George Thompson16 November 1929–4 July 1930r3
Jack O'Malley7 March 1931 – 5 February 19322
Ambrose Palmer5 February 1932r
Ron Richards19 August 1936 – 12 April 19382
Ambrose Palmer12 April 1938r
Ron Richards4 June 1938 – 12 September 1940r2
Billy "Wokko" Britt5 May 1941 – 23 October 19413
Ron Richards23 October 1941r
Billy "Wokko" Britt7 November 1942 – 3 April 19431
Herb Narvo3 April 1943 – 24 November 19453
Jack Johnson24 November 1945 – 2 March 1946r1
Herb Narvo2 March 1946 – 6 April 19461
Jack Johnson6 April 1946 – 26 June 1948r4
Dave Sands4 September 1950 – 11 August 1952died1
Ken Brady29 May 1953 – 26 May 19553
Allen Williams26 May 1955 – 30 November 195910
Steve Raduly30 November 1959 – 24 June 1960r3
Tony Vickers18 August 1961 – 5 October 19643
Ron Fritzsche5 October 1964 – 14 December 19641
Peter Leaney14 December 1964 – 28 May 19652
Fred Casey28 May 1965 – 17 September 1965r1
Dave Cullen15 April 1967r
Fred Casey25 October 1968 – 29 September 19691
Bob Dunlop29 September 1969r
Foster Bibron22 May 1970 – 25 February 19721
Tony Mundine25 February 1972r
Steve Aczel26 June 1975 – 10 November 19762
Maile Haumona10 November 1976 – 5 December 19772
Tony Mundine5 December 1977 – 24 July 1981r3
Steve Aczel14 July 1984 – 15 February 19851
Dave Russell15 February 1985 – 13 March 19861
Dean Waters13 March 1986 – 2 December 1988r1
Craig Petersen14 November 1991 – 14 June 19921
Jimmy Thunder14 June 1992 – 18 March 1994r1
Vince Cervi26 March 1995 – 22 September 19951
Joe Bugner22 September 1995r1
Colin Wilson17 February 1997 – 31 January 19981
Joe Bugner31 January 1998 – 20 April 1998r1
Bob Mirovic5 September 1998 – 25 June 19992
Kali Meehan25 June 1999 – 7 July 2000r2
Nathan Briggs25 May 2001 – 8 July 20011
Bob Mirovic8 July 2001 – 7 March 2003r5
Colin Wilson19 September 2003 – 2 November 20075
Bob Mirovic2 November 2007 – 10 September 20081
John Hopoate10 September 2008 – 3 October 20093
Colin Wilson3 October 2009 – 20 August 20101
Justin Whitehead20 August 2010r
Michael Kirby7 October 2011r
Lucas Browne17 February 2012r
Solomon Haumono7 September 2012r
Hunter Sam13 December 2013s
Ben Edwards27 February 2015 – 11 July 20151
Peter Graham11 July 2015r
Willie Nasio27 February 2016 – 6 October 20172
Demsey McKean24 March 2017 – present1