List of British welterweight boxing champions


List of British welterweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British welterweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control 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.
r–Champion relinquished title.
s–Champion stripped of title.
NameDuration of reignDefences
Young Joseph19 October 1908 — 6 May 1912r1
Johnny Summers17 June 1912 — 9 January 19143
Tom McCormick9 January 1914 — 21 March 19142
Matt Wells21 March 1914r0
Johnny Basham14 December 1914 — 9 June 19204
Ted "Kid" Lewis9 June 1920 — 26 November 19243
Tommy Milligan26 November 1924r0
Johnny Brown8 October 1925 — 19 November 19251
Harry Mason19 November 1925 — 31 May 19262
Jack Hood31 May 1926 — 13 March 1933r3
Harry Mason11 June 1934 — 17 December 19341
Pat Butler17 December 1934r0
Dave McCleave23 April 1936 — 2 June 19361
Jake Kilrain2 June 1936 — 23 March 19392
Ernie Roderick23 March 1939 — 8 November 19485
Henry Hall8 November 1948 — 15 November 19491
Eddie Thomas15 November 1949 — 16 October 19512
Wally Thom16 October 1951 — 24 July 19521
Cliff Curvis24 July 1952r0
Wally Thom24 September 1953 — 5 June 19562
Peter Waterman5 June 1956 — 17 December 1956r1
Tommy Molloy15 July 1958 — 1 February 19602
Wally Swift1 February 1960 — 21 November 19601
Brian Curvis21 November 1960 — 25 November 1965r6
Johnny Cooke13 February 1967 — 20 February 19682
Ralph Charles20 February 1968 — 7 December 1971r2
Bobby Arthur31 October 1972 — 5 June 19731
John H Stracey5 June 1973r0
Pat Thomas15 December 1975 — 7 December 19762
Henry Rhiney7 December 1976 — 4 April 19792
Kirkland Laing4 April 1979 — 1 April 19801
Colin Jones1 April 1980 — 28 April 1981r2
Lloyd Honeyghan5 April 1983 — 6 December 1983r1
Kostas Petrou13 April 1985 — 18 September 19851
Sylvester Mittee18 September 1985 — 27 November 19851
Lloyd Honeyghan27 November 1985r0
Kirkland Laing14 March 1987 — 16 January 19914
Del Bryan16 January 1991 — 20 February 19922
Gary Jacobs20 February 1992 — 9 July 1992r1
Del Bryan22 September 1993 — 15 September 19954
Chris Saunders15 September 1995 — 13 February 19961
Kevin Lueshing13 February 1996 — 19 July 19971
Geoff McCreesh19 July 1997 — 31 October 1998r3
Derek Roche10 April 1999 — 27 March 20003
Harry Dhami27 March 2000 — 19 November 20013
Neil Sinclair19 November 2001 — 1 February 2003r3
David Barnes17 July 2003 — 12 November 2004r3
Michael Jennings16 July 2005 — 28 January 20062
Young Mutley28 January 2006 — 1 June 20061
Kevin Anderson1 June 2006 — 2 November 20073
Kevin McIntyre2 November 2007 — 29 February 2008r1
Kell Brook14 June 2008 — 18 September 2010r4
Craig Watson19 February 2011 — 16 April 20110
Lee Purdy16 April 2011 — 16 July 20111
Colin Lynes9 November 2011 — 12 May 20120
Junior Witter12 May 2012 — 1 November 20120
Frankie Gavin1 November 2012 — 29 November 2014r4
Sam Eggington18 July 2015 — 5 March 20161
Bradley Skeete5 March 2016 — 8 July 2017r3
Johnny Garton20 October 2018 — 8 March 20190
Chris Jenkins8 March 2019 — present2