List of British heavyweight boxing champions


List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British heavyweight title, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929.
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.
NameDuration of reignDefences
Jack Palmer18 December 1905 – 29 October 19061
Gunner Moir29 October 1906 – 19 April 19092
William Hague19 April 1909 – 24 April 19113
Bombardier Billy Wells24 April 1911 – 27 February 191914
Joe Beckett27 February 1919s0
Frank Goddard26 May 1919 – 17 June 19191
Joe Beckett17 June 1919 – 14 May 1923r4
Frank Goddard21 November 1923 – 18 March 19262
Phil Scott18 March 1926 – 30 April 1926r1
Reggie Meen16 November 1931 – 12 July 19321
Jack Petersen12 July 1932 – 30 November 19333
Len Harvey30 November 1933 – 4 June 19341
Jack Petersen4 June 1934 – 17 August 19364
Ben Foord17 August 1936 – 15 March 19371
Tommy Farr15 March 1937r0
Len Harvey1 December 1938r0
Jack London15 September 1944 – 17 July 19451
Bruce Woodcock17 July 1945 – 14 November 19502
Jack Gardner14 November 1950 – 11 March 19521
Johnny Williams11 March 1952 – 12 May 19531
Don Cockell12 May 1953r0
Joe Erskine27 August 1956 – 3 June 19582
Brian London3 June 1958 – 12 January 19591
Henry Cooper12 January 1959 – 7 November 1967r8
Jack Bodell13 October 1969 – 24 March 19701
Henry Cooper24 March 1970 – 16 March 19711
Joe Bugner16 March 1971 – 27 September 19711
Jack Bodell27 September 1971 – 27 June 19721
Danny McAlinden27 June 1972 – 13 January 19751
Bunny Johnson13 January 1975 – 30 September 19751
Richard Dunn30 September 1975 – 12 October 19762
Joe Bugner12 October 1976r0
John L. Gardner24 October 1978 – 26 June 1979r1
Gordon Ferris30 March 1981 – 12 October 19811
Neville Meade12 October 1981 – 22 September 19831
David Pearce22 September 1983r0
Hughroy Currie18 September 1985 – 12 April 19861
Horace Notice12 April 1986 – 9 March 1988r3
Gary Mason18 January 1989 – 6 March 19912
Lennox Lewis6 March 1991 – 30 April 1992r2
Herbie Hide27 February 1993r0
James Oyebola19 November 1994 – 27 October 19951
Scott Welch27 October 1995r0
Julius Francis27 September 1997 – 13 March 20004
Mike Holden13 March 2000r0
Danny Williams21 October 2000 – 24 January 20045
Michael Sprott24 January 2004 – 24 April 20041
Matt Skelton24 April 2004 – 10 December 2005r3
Scott Gammer16 June 20062 March 20072
Danny Williams2 March 2007 – 15 May 20103
Dereck Chisora15 May 2010 – 23 July 20111
Tyson Fury23 July 2011 – 8 February 2012r0
David Price19 May 2012 – 5 December 2013r0
Tyson Fury30 November 2014 - 28 November 2015r0
Anthony Joshua12 December 2015 - 9 April 2016r0
Dillian Whyte7 October 2016 – 12 January 2017r0
Sam Sexton6 October 2017 – 12 May 20180
Hughie Fury12 May 2018 - 22 March 2019r0
Daniel Dubois13 July 2019 – present0