List of ABA heavyweight champions

Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone 1895 and 1896

Frank Parks 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906

ABA (Amateur Boxing Association of England) heavyweight champions.^[1]

• 1881 - R. Frost Smith (Clapton ABC)
• 1882 - H. Dearsley (St. James ABC)
• 1883 - H. Dearsley (Thames ABC)
• 1884 - H. Dearsley (St. James ABC)
• 1885 - W. West (Northampton ABC)
• 1886 - Anthony Diamond (Birmingham ABC)
• 1887 - Edward White (Belle Sauvage ABC)
• 1888 - W. King (Belsize ABC)
• 1889 - A. Bowman (Royal Victor ABC)
• 1890 - Joe Steers (London ABC)
• 1891 - Val Barker (Belsize ABC)
• 1892 - Joe Steers (Middleton ABC)
• 1893 - Joe Steers (Middleton ABC)
• 1894 - H. King (Belsize ABC)
• 1895 - Captain Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone (Royal Irish Regiment)
• 1896 - Captain Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone (Royal Irish Regiment)
• 1897 - Geoff Townsend (Goldsmith Institute ABC)
• 1898 - Geoff Townsend (Goldsmith Institute ABC)
• 1899 - Fred Parks (Polytechnic ABC) ^[2]
• 1900 - William J. Dees (Goldsmith Institute ABC)
• 1901 - Fred Parks (Polytechnic ABC) ^[2]
• 1902 - Fred Parks (Polytechnic ABC) ^[2]
• 1903 - E. Dickson (Edinburgh Harriers BC)
• 1904 - A. Horner (Belsize ABC)
• 1905 - Fred Parks (Polytechnic ABC) ^[2]
• 1906 - Fred Parks (Polytechnic ABC) ^[2]
• 1907 - Harold Brewer (Polytechnic ABC)
• 1908 - Syd Evans (Reading ABC)
• 1909 - C. Brown (Victoria ABC)
• 1910 - F. Storbeck (South Africa)
• 1911 - W. Hazell (City Police ABC) ^[3]
• 1912 - R. Smith (Metropolitan ABC)
• 1913 - R. Smith (Metropolitan ABC)
• 1914 - E. Chandler (Stock Exchange ABC)
• 1915 - Not held due to World War I
• 1916 - Not held due to World War I
• 1917 - Not held due to World War I
• 1918 - Not held due to World War I
• 1919 - H. Brown (Belsize ABC)
• 1920 - Ronald Rawson (Polytechnic ABC)
• 1921 - Ronald Rawson (Polytechnic ABC)
• 1922 - T. Evans (Amman Valley ABC)
• 1923 - Eddie Eagan (Oxford University ABC)
• 1924 - Arthur Clifton (PLA Police ABC)
• 1925 - Lt. D. Lister (ISBA)
• 1926 - Thyge Petersen (Denmark)
• 1927 - Lt. C. Capper (Royal Artillery)
• 1928 - James O'Driscoll (Civic Guard Dublin BC)
• 1929 - Pat Floyd (Battersea ABC)
• 1930 - Vincent Anthony Stuart (Royal Corps of Signals)
• 1931 - M. Flanagan (Dublin Civic Guards ABC)
• 1932 - Vincent Anthony Stuart (London Fire Brigade ABC)
• 1933 - Con O'Grady (London City Police ABC)
• 1934 - Pat Floyd (Battersea & The Times ABC)
• 1935 - Pat Floyd (Battersea & The Times ABC)
• 1936 - Vincent Anthony Stuart (London Fire Brigade ABC)
• 1937 - Vincent Anthony Stuart (London Fire Brigade ABC)
• 1938 - George Preston (Battersea ABC)
• 1939 - Jock Porter (Colchester City Police ABC)
• 1940 - Not held due to World War II
• 1941 - Not held due to World War II
• 1942 - Not held due to World War II
• 1943 - G. Preston (Battersea ABC)
• 1944 - Mark Hart (Royal Air Force)
• 1945 - Don Scott (Nottingham City Police & APTC ABC)
• 1946 - Pat Floyd (Polytechnic ABC)
• 1947 - George Scriven (Downham Community ABC)
• 1948 - Jack Gardner (British Army)
• 1949 - A. Worrall (Army)
• 1950 - Peter Toch (British Army)
• 1951 - Albert Halsey (Kyrle Hall ABC)
• 1952 - Eddie Hearn (Battersea ABC)
• 1953 - Joe Erskine (Army)
• 1954 - Brian Harper (Royal Air Force)
• 1955 - Dennis Rowe (Glamorgan Police BC)
• 1956 - Dave Rent (Maple Leaf ABC)
• 1957 - Dave Thomas (Polytechnic ABC)
• 1958 - Dave Thomas (Polytechnic ABC)
• 1959 - Dave Thomas (Polytechnic ABC)
• 1960 - L/Sgt. Len Hobbs (Army BA)
• 1961 - Billy Walker (West Ham ABC)
• 1962 - L/Pat. Rae Dryden (Royal Navy BA)
• 1963 - Cpl. Robert D. Sanders (Royal Navy BA)
• 1964 - Colin Woodhouse (Wandsworth ABC)
• 1965 - William Wells (Wandsworth ABC)
• 1966 - Anthony Brogan (Barnstaple ABC)
• 1967 - Peter Boddington (Rootes ABC)
• 1968 - William Wells (Lynn ABC)
• 1969 - Alan Burton (Caius ABC)
• 1970 - im Gilmour (Sighthill ABC)
• 1971 - Les Stevens (Reading ABC)
• 1972 - Tim Wood (Belgrave ABC)
• 1973 - Garfield McEwan (Kyrle Hall ABC)
• 1974 - Neville Meade (Royal Air Force)
• 1975 - Gregory McEwan (Rum Runners ABC)
• 1976 - John Rafferty (Monkland BC)
• 1977 - Glenn Adair (Barnstaple ABC)
• 1978 - Joseph Awome (Working ABC)
• 1979 - Andy Palmer (Golden Gloves ABC)
• 1980 - Frank Bruno (Sir Phillip Game ABC)
• 1981 - Adrian Elliott (Fairburn House ABC)
• 1982 - Harold Hylton (Brockworth Viking ABC)
• 1983 - Horace Notice (Nechells ABC)
• 1984 - Doug Young (UK boxer) (Hawick ABC)
• 1985 - Harold Hylton (Viking ABC)
• 1986 - Eric Cardouza (Kingsthorpe ABC)
• 1987 - James Moran (Austin ABC)
• 1988 - Henry Akinwande (Lynn ABC)
• 1989 - Henry Akinwande (Lynn ABC)
• 1990 - Keith Inglis (Tunbridge Wells ABC)
• 1991 - Paul Lawson (Newco Repton ABC)
• 1992 - Scott Welch (Hove ABC)
• 1993 - Paul Lawson (Repton Cedar Street ABC)
• 1994 - Steve Burford (Army)
• 1995 - Matthew Ellis (Blackpool ABC)
• 1996 - Anthony Oakley (Leigh Park ABC)
• 1997 - Blue Stevens (Pinehurst Star ABC)
• 1998 - Neil Hoskins (Royal Air Force)
• 1999 - Stuart St. John (Berry Boys ABC)
• 2000 - David Dolan (Plains Farm ABC)
• 2001 - David Dolan (Plains Farm ABC)
• 2002 - David Dolan (Plains Farm ABC)
• 2003 - Mick O'Connell (Royal Navy)
• 2004 - Tony Bellew (Rotunda ABC)
• 2005 - Tony Bellew (Rotunda ABC)
• 2005/2006 - Tony Bellew (Rotunda ABC)
• 2006 - John Dickenson (Birtley ABC)
• 2008 - Warren Baister (Sunderland ABC)
• 2009 - Chris Keane (Pleck ABC)
• 2010 - Danny Price (Scarborough ABC)
• 2011 - Ben Ilyemi (Finchley ABC)
• 2012 - Simon Barclay (Corby ABC)
• 2013 - Gregory Bridét (Heart of Portsmouth BA)

See also

• Amateur Boxing Association of England
• ABA Championships
• List of ABA light-middleweight champions
• List of ABA middleweight champions
• List of ABA super-heavyweight champions

References

1. ↑ "ABA Heavyweight Champions". BoxRec. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 
2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Frank Parks". Polytechnic Magazine. June 1, 1945. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-20. Frank Parks who has died following a fatal accident at his Hampstead home on 22 May. He was an Associate of the Polytechnic, having become a member in 1892. Well known in business and Masonic world, he is best remembered for numerous successes in boxing in the early years of the century. He entered first competition at Polytechnic in 1892. Won English Championships in 1899 and repeated the same feat in 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906. Won the Studd Trophy in 1902 and the French Championships in 1905. ... 
3. ↑ The Britannica Year Book. 1911. p. 454. The Amateur Boxing Association championships were won in 1911 by W. W. Allen (bantam weights) H. Bavers (feather weights), A. Spenceley (light weights), W. Child (middle weights) W. Hazell (heavy weights). Allen regained his title in 1912: the other winners in the same order of weights were G. R. Baker, R. Marriott, E. V. Chandler, R. Smith.