British Lightweight Championship
The British Lightweight Championship was a top British wrestling championship found throughout the country's circuit. The title's broken history dates back to the 1930s and it was last claimed actively in 2002. The official upper weight limit for the belt was 11 stone(154 lbs.).[1]
Title history
This is a history of the title from its earliest recorded origins in 1933. As indicated in the table a few claimed reigns are of dubios provenance and, whilst these have been noted, they are not included as official reigns.
| Wrestler: |
Times: |
Date: |
Place: |
Notes: |
| George de Relwyskow |
1 |
1933 |
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Vacated the title after being injured in the Second World War. |
| Joe Reid |
1 |
1948 |
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| Jack Dempsey |
1 |
1948 |
Middlesbrough |
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| George Kidd |
1 |
1948 |
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| Alan Colbeck |
1 |
1949 |
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| Johnny Stead |
1 |
1950 |
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| Eric Sands |
1 |
30 April 1953 |
Middlesbrough |
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| Johnny Stead |
2 |
9 March 1954 |
London |
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| Melwyn Rees |
1 |
before December 1958 |
|
Legacy from Stead uncertain |
| Jim Breaks |
1 |
16 October 1963 |
London |
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| Alan Miquet |
1 |
15 February 1967 |
London |
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| Jim Breaks |
2 |
17 December 1968 |
Leeds |
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| Zoltan Boscik |
1 |
18 June 1969 |
Sheffield |
John Cortz may have held the title for about a month around June 1970[2] |
| Johnny Saint |
1 |
12 May 1971 |
Sheffield |
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| Jim Breaks |
3 |
21 August 1971 |
Manchester |
Cortez may have won the belt on a card in London on 26 January 1972 before losing the title back to Breaks soon afterwards.[2] |
| Bobby Ryan |
1 |
18 May 1974 |
Hanley, Staffordshire |
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| Jim Breaks |
4 |
15 June 1974 |
Hanley |
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| Alan Miquet |
2 |
1974 |
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| Jim Breaks |
5 |
25 February 197? |
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| Bobby Ryan |
2 |
before June 1976 |
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| Jim Breaks |
6 |
1 June 1976 |
Wolverhampton |
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| Dynamite Kid |
1 |
23 March 1977 |
Manchester |
Vacated title in 1978 after winning the British Welterweight Championship |
| Steve Grey |
1 |
5 April 1978 |
Blackburn |
Defeated Bobby Ryan in a tournament final. |
| Jim Breaks |
7 |
27 June 1979 |
London |
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| Steve Grey |
2 |
before 8 May 1980 |
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| Jim Breaks |
8 |
6 April 1982 |
Wolverhampton |
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| Steve Grey |
3 |
25 May 1982 |
Croydon |
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| Jim Breaks |
9 |
21 April 1983 |
Colne |
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| Steve Grey |
4 |
4 May 1983 |
Bradford |
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| Jim Breaks |
10 |
22 March 1984 |
Peterborough |
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| Steve Grey |
5 |
before April 1984 |
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| Kid McCoy |
1 |
7 May 1987 |
Adwick le Street |
Vacates title in 1990, sometime after 6 June |
| Steve Grey |
6 |
25 October 1990 |
Southampton |
Defeats Boz Berry in the final of a tournament for the belt |
| Jimmy Ocean |
1 |
3 September 1991 |
Croydon |
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| Tony Stewart |
1 |
before 18 September 1991 |
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| Jimmy Ocean |
2 |
before 17 July 1993 |
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| Steve Grey |
7 |
before October 1998 |
|
Still champion as of 1 July 2002 |
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