List of British cruiserweight boxing champions
List of British cruiserweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British cruiserweight title, which has been the British Boxing Board of Control since 1985.
A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world or European. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of the last BBBoC sanctioned fight is shown.
r - Champion relinquished title.
s - Champion stripped of title.
Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
Sammy Reeson | 31 October 1985r | 0 |
Andy Straughn | 25 October 1986 – 17 February 1987 | 1 |
Roy Smith | 17 February 1987 – 9 May 1987 | 1 |
Tee Jay | 9 May 1987 – 21 January 1988 | 1 |
Glenn McCrory | 21 January 1988 – 22 April 1988r | 1 |
Andy Straughn | 1 November 1988 – 21 May 1989 | 0 |
Johnny Nelson | 21 May 1989 – 28 March 1990r | 2 |
Derek Angol | 13 February 1991 – 8 May 1991r | 1 |
Carl Thompson | 4 June 1992r | 0 |
Terry Dunstan | 13 May 1995 – 11 May 1996r | 2 |
Johnny Nelson | 14 December 1996r | 0 |
Bruce Scott | 28 November 1998r | 0 |
Carl Thompson | 3 December 1999r | 0 |
Bruce Scott | 16 December 2000 – 10 March 2001r | 1 |
Mark Hobson | 13 March 2004 – 1 June 2006r | 4 |
John Keeton | 20 October 2006 – 29 September 2007 | 1 |
Mark Hobson | 29 September 2007r | 0 |
Rob Norton | 3 October 2008 – 21 October 2011 | 3 |
Leon Williams | 21 October 2011 – 13 January 2012 | 1 |
Shane McPhilbin | 13 January 2012 – 23 March 2012 | 1 |
Enzo Maccarinelli | 23 March 2012r | 0 |
Jon-Lewis Dickinson | 13 October 2012 – 7 June 2014 | 4 |
Ovill McKenzie | 7 June 2014 – 27 March 2015r | 1 |
Matty Askin | 26 May 2017 – 22 September 2018 | 1 |
Lawrence Okolie | 22 September 2018 – 12 September 2019r | 1 |
Richard Riakporhe | 19 December 2019 – present | 0 |