List of British light-welterweight boxing champions
List of British Light welterweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British Light welterweight championship, which has been the British Boxing Board of Control since 1978.
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 his final defence is shown.
r – Champion relinquished title.
s – Champion stripped of title.
| Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
|---|---|---|
| Des Rea | 27 February 1968 – 17 February 1969 | 1 |
| Vic Andreetti | 17 February 1969 – 13 October 1969r | 1 |
| Des Morrison | 27 November 1973 – 26 March 1974 | 1 |
| Pat McCormack | 26 March 1974 – 21 November 1974 | 1 |
| Joey Singleton | 21 November 1974 – 1 June 1976 | 3 |
| Dave Boy Green | 1 June 1976r | 0 |
| Colin Powers | 19 October 1977 – 27 February 1978r | 1 |
| Clinton McKenzie | 11 October 1978 – 6 February 1979 | 1 |
| Colin Powers | 6 February 1979 – 11 September 1979 | 1 |
| Clinton McKenzie | 11 September 1979 – 19 September 1984 | 5 |
| Terry Marsh | 19 September 1984r | 0 |
| Tony Laing | 7 May 1986r | 0 |
| Tony McKenzie | 20 September 1986 – 28 January 1987 | 2 |
| Lloyd Christie | 28 January 1987 – 24 January 1989 | 3 |
| Clinton McKenzie | 24 January 1989r | 0 |
| Pat Barrett | 24 October 1989r | 0 |
| Tony Ekubia | 26 September 1990 – 20 June 1991 | 1 |
| Andy Holligan | 20 June 1991 – 25 May 1994 | 3 |
| Ross Hale | 25 May 1994 – 9 December 1995 | 4 |
| Paul Ryan | 9 December 1995 – 13 July 1996 | 1 |
| Andy Holligan | 13 July 1996r | 0 |
| Mark Winters | 11 October 1997 – 16 May 1998 | 2 |
| Jason Rowland | 16 May 1998 – 15 November 1999r (2000) | 1 |
| Ricky Hatton | 21 October 2000r | 0 |
| Junior Witter | 16 March 2002 – 21 October 2005r | 1 |
| Lenny Daws | 12 May 2006 – 20 January 2007 | 1 |
| Barry Morrison | 20 January 2007 – 8 June 2007 | 1 |
| Colin Lynes | 8 June 2007 – 20 July 2007r | 1 |
| David Barnes | 14 March 2008 - 4 July 2008r | 1 |
| Paul McCloskey | 5 December 2008 - 13 March 2009r | 1 |
| Olusegun Ajose | 12 June 2009r | 0 |
| Lenny Daws | 18 September 2009 - 19 February 2011 | 3 |
| Ashley Theophane | 19 February 2011 - 19 May 2012 | 3 |
| Darren Hamilton | 19 May 2012 - 22 February 2014 | 3 |
| Curtis Woodhouse | 22 February 2014 - 27 June 2014 | 1 |
| Willie Limond | 27 June 2014r | 0 |
| Tyrone Nurse | 21 November 2015 – present | 0 |
See also
- List of British heavyweight boxing champions
- List of British cruiserweight boxing champions
- List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions
- List of British super-middleweight boxing champions
- List of British middleweight boxing champions
- List of British light-middleweight boxing champions
- List of British welterweight boxing champions
- List of British lightweight boxing champions
- List of British super-featherweight boxing champions
- List of British featherweight boxing champions
- List of British super-bantamweight boxing champions
- List of British bantamweight boxing champions
- List of British super-flyweight boxing champions
- List of British flyweight boxing champions
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