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 (BBBoC) 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 McCormick 9 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 Mason 11 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 Thomas 15 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 1979 2 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 Jennings 16 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 2010r4Craig Watson19 February 2011 — 16 April 20110Lee Purdy16 April 2011 — 16 July 20111Colin Lynes9 November 2011 — 12 May 20120Junior Witter12 May 2012 — 1 November 20120Frankie Gavin1 November 2012 — 29 November 2014r4 Sam Eggington18 July 2015 — 5 March 20161 Bradley Skeete5 March 2016 — 8 July 2017r3Johnny Garton20 October 2018 - 8 March 20190Chris Jenkins8 March 2019 — 24 July 20212Ekow Essuman24 July 2021 — 18 November 20234Harry Scarff18 November 2023 — 25 January 20250Conah Walker25 January 2025 — December 2025r1Constantin Ursu28 February 2026 — present0

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 light-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 List of British world boxing champions

References

Sources boxrec Maurice Golesworthy, Encyclopaedia of Boxing (Eighth Edition) (1988), Robert Hale Limited,