List of Welsh boxing champions

This list includes all boxers from Wales who have won a recognised British, Commonwealth, European or World title; or a boxer who has won one of the Welsh Area boxing titles.

World boxing champions This is a list of Welsh people who have become boxing world champions as recognised by the International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Organization (WBO), World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) or The Ring magazine. NumberNameFromWeightBeltDuration of reignSuccessful defences1Percy JonesPorthFlyweightWorldJan 191402Freddie WelshPontypriddLightweightWorldJul 1914–May 191711 (excluding NWS)3Jimmy WildeMerthyr TydfilFlyweightWorldDec 1916–Jun 192315 (excluding NWS)4Howard WinstoneMerthyr TydfilFeatherweightWorldJan 1968–Jul 196805Steve RobinsonCardiffFeatherweightWBOApr 1993–Sep 199576Robbie ReganCaerphillyBantamweightWBOApr 1996–199607Barry JonesCardiffSuper-featherweightWBODec 1997–199808Joe CalzagheNewbridgeSuper-middleweightWBOOct 1997–Sep 200821IBFMar 2006–Nov 20061WBANov 2007–Jun 20080WBCNov 2007–Jun 20080The RingMar 2006–Sep 20083Light-heavyweightThe RingApr 2008–Feb 200919Enzo MaccarinelliSwanseaCruiserweightWBOSep 2006–Mar 2008410Gavin ReesNewbridgeLight-welterweightWBAJul 2007–Mar 2008011Nathan CleverlyCefn FforestLight-heavyweightWBOMay 2011–Aug 2013412Lee SelbyBarryFeatherweightIBFMay 2015–May 2018513Joe CordinaCardiffSuper-featherweightIBFJune -October 2022 and again in April 2023 - present014Lauren PriceNewportWelterweightWBAMay 2024–present

*NWS: Newspaper Decision

Commonwealth (British Empire) boxing champions

NameWeightFromDuration of reignSuccessful defences Jim DriscollFeatherweightCardiff24 February 1908 – 1913 (relinquished)0 Johnny BashamWelterweightNewport13 November 1919 – 9 June 19201 Jack PetersenHeavyweightCardiff4 June 1934 - 17 August 19364 Tommy FarrHeavyweightTonypandy15 March 1937 (relinquished)0 Eddie ThomasWelterweightMerthyr Tydfil27 January 1951 - 16 October 19510 Johnny WilliamsHeavyweightBarmouth11 March 1952 – 12 May 19531 Cliff CurvisWelterweightSwansea24 July 1952 – 8 December 19521 Dai DowerFlyweightAbercynon19 October 1954 – 30 March 19572 Joe ErskineHeavyweightCardiff17 September 1957 - 3 June 19581 Brian CurvisWelterweightSwansea9 May 1960 – September 1966 (relinquished)7 Eddie AvothHeavyweightCardiff23 October 1970 – 24 January 19710 Johnny OwenBantamweightMerthyr Tydfil2 November 1978 – 4 November 19802 Colin JonesWelterweightGorseinon3 March 1981 – 1985 (relinquished)0 Neil SwainSuper bantamweightGilfach Goch12 April 1995 – 22 March 19972 Nicky PiperLight HeavyweightCardiff30 September 1995 – October 1997 (relinquished)1 Bradley PryceLight MiddleweightNewport11 March 2006 – 14 March 20096 Nathan CleverlyLight HeavyweightCaerphilly10 October 2009 – 10 March 20105 Jamie ArthurSuper bantamweightCwmbran16 September 2010 – 5 February 20110 Lee SelbyFeatherweightBarry17 September 2011 – present2

European boxing champions

NameWeightFromDuration of reignSuccessful defences Jim DriscollFeatherweightCardiffJun 1912 - > Dec 1919 Percy JonesFlyweightPorthJan 1914 - > Mar 1914 Jimmy WildeLightweightMerthyr TydfilFeb 1916 - Mar 19170 Johnny BashamWelterweightNewportSep 1919 - Jun 19200 Johnny BashamMiddleweightNewportMay 1921 - Oct 19210 Eddie ThomasWelterweightMerthyr TydfilFeb 1951 - Jun 19510 Dai DowerFlyweightAbercynonMar 1955 - Oct 19550 Dick RichardsonHeavyweightNewportMar 1960 - Jun 19623 Howard WinstoneFeatherweightMerthyr TydfilJan 1968 - Jul 19680 Johnny OwenBantamweightMerthyr TydfilFeb 19800 Colin JonesWelterweightSwanseaNov 1982 - (vacated)0 Steve RobinsonFeatherweightCardiffDec 1999 - Jun 20000 Jason CookLightweightMaestegAug 2002 - Jan 20030 Nathan CleverlyLight-HeavyweightCefn FforestFeb 2010 -0 Enzo MaccarinelliCruiserweightSwanseaApr 2010 - Sep 20100 Gavin ReesLightweightNewbridgeJune 2011 -0

British boxing champions

NameWeightFromDuration of reignSuccessful defences Jim DriscollFeatherweightCardiffMay 1906 - Dec 19195 Tom ThomasMiddleweightPenygraigOct 1909 - Nov 19101 Freddie WelshLightweightPontypriddNov 1909 - Feb 1911Nov 1912 -> Dec 191201 Bill BeynonBantamweightTaibachJun 1913 - Oct 19130 Percy JonesFlyweightPorthJan 1914 - Mar 19140 Johnny BashamWelterweightNewportDec 1914 - Jun 19203 Jimmy WildeFlyweightMerthyr TydfilFeb 1916 - Feb 19211 Johnny BashamMiddleweightNewportMay 1921 - Oct 19210 Gipsy DanielsLight-heavyweightLlanelliApr 1927 - Feb 19210 Frank MoodyLight-heavyweightPontypriddNov 19270 Frank MoodyMiddleweightPontypriddAug 1928 - Sep 19280 Jack PetersenLight-heavyweightCardiffMay 1932 - (vacated)0 Jack PetersenHeavyweightCardiffJul 1932 - Nov 1933Jun 1934 - Aug 193623 Tommy FarrHeavyweightTonypandyMar 1937 - (vacated)0 Ronnie JamesLightweightSwanseaAug 1944 -0 Eddie ThomasWelterweightMerthyr TydfilNov 1949 - Oct 19511 Johnny WilliamsHeavyweightBarmouthMar 1952 - May 19531 Cliff CurvisWelterweightSwanseaJul 1952 - Dec 19520 Dennis PowellLight-heavyweightFour Crosses, PowysMar 1953 - Oct 19530 Dai DowerFlyweightAbercynonFeb 1955 - > Dec 19551 Joe ErskineHeavyweightCardiffAug 1956 - Jun 19582 Brian CurvisWelterweightSwanseaNov 1960 - Feb 1962Feb 1963 - Sep 196622 Howard WinstoneFeatherweightMerthyr TydfilMay 1961 - Jul 19686 Eddie AvothLight-heavyweightCardiffJan 1969 - Jan 19711 Pat ThomasBantamweightCardiffDec 1975 - Dec 19761 Pat ThomasLight-MiddleweightCardiffSep 1979 - Mar 19812 Johnny OwenBantamweightMerthyr TydfilNov 1977 - 19803 Colin JonesWelterweightSwanseaApr 1980 - Apr 19811 Neville MeadeHeavyweightSwanseaNov 1981 - Sep 19830 Kelvin SmartFlyweightCaerphillySep 1982 - Jan 19840 Steve SimsFeatherweightNewportSep 1982 - Jul 19860 David PearceHeavyweightNewportSep 1983 - 19850 Robert DickieFeatherweightCefneithinApr 1986 - Oct 19862 Peter HarrisFeatherweightCefneithinFeb 1988 - Apr 19880 Floyd HavardSuper-featherweightSwanseaMay 1988 - Sep 1989Mar 1994 - 199601 Robert DickieSuper-featherweightCefneithinMar 1991 - Apr 19910 Robbie ReganFlyweightBargoedDec 1991 - > 19960 Neil HaddockSuper-featherweightLlanelliOct 1992 - Mar 19941 Joe CalzagheSuper-middleweightNewbridgeOct 1995 - Nov 20071 Scott GammerHeavyweightPembroke DockJun 2006 -> Mar 20071 Nathan CleverlyLight-heavyweightCefn FforestJul 2009 -> 20111 Gavin ReesLightweightNewbridgeNov 20100 Gary BucklandSuper featherweightCardiffSep 2011–Present2 Enzo MaccarinelliCruiserweightSwanseaMarch 2012 – Present0

Welsh champions

flyweight NameFromDuration of reignDefences Johnny Jones Pentre20 December 1924 — ?0 Terence Morgan Newport7 April 1928 (relinquished)0 Phineas John Pentre11 August 1928 — 22 July 19291 Freddy Morgan Gilfach Goch22 July 1929 — 12 July 19301 Jerry O'Neill Merthyr Tydfil12 July 1930 (relinquished)0 Freddy Morgan Gilfach Goch7 March 1931 — 6 February 19320 Bob Fielding Wrexham6 February 1932 — ?0 Billy HughesMaesteg4 March 1933 — 29 July 19330 Bobby MorganAmmanford29 July 1933 (relinquished)0 Jack KileySwansea7 November 1938 — July 19390 Ronnie BishopMarkham, Caerphilly10 July 1939 — 13 May 19400 Jack KileySwansea13 May 1940 — ?0 Billy DaviesNantyglo 21 April 1947 — 14 June 19480 George SuttonCardiff14 June 1948 — 28 March 19490 Norman LewisNantymoel28 March 1949 (relinquished)0 Glyn DavidCaerau23 August 1950 — 4 October 19510 George SuttonCardiff4 October 1951 — ?0 Maurice O'SullivanCardiff1972 and 1974 — ?1 David Afan JonesPort Talbot6 February 1989 (relinquished)0 Robbie ReganCaerphilly12 February 1991 — ?0

bantamweight NameFromDuration of reignSuccessful defences Young Allsopp Pentre22 October 1921 — 20 May 19220 Albert Colcombe Tylorstown20 May 1922 — 7 March 19250 Sammy Jones Gelli7 March 1925 —> 1 June 1925 (relinquished)1 Johhny Edmunds Treharris20 December 1926 — 9 July 19270 Tosh Powell Aberdare9 July 1927 — 31 May 19282 Dan Dando Merthyr Tydfil2 February 1929 — 29 July 19290 Cuthbert Taylor Merthyr Vale29 July 1929 — 2 September 19290 Phineas John Pentre2 September 1929 — (relinquished)0 Stanley Jehu Maesteg24 February 1930 — 22 June 19311 Terence Morgan Newport22 June 1931 — 6 June 19320 Len Beynon Barry, Vale of Glamorgan6 June 1932 — 4 November 19330 George Williams Treherbert4 November 1933 — 12 June 19340 Len Beynon Barry, Vale of Glamorgan12 June 1934 — 24 November 19340 Mog Mason Gilfach Goch 24 November 1934 — 6 February 19360 Len Beynon Barry, Vale of Glamorgan6 February 1936 (relinquished)0 Mog Mason Gilfach Goch 20 October 1937 (relinquished)0 Norman Lewis Nantymoel 21 February 1944 (relinquished)1 Jackie Sutton Cardiff 28 November 1949 (relinquished)2 Hughie Thomas Merthyr Tydfil 26 May 1952 (relinquished)0 Terry Gale Cardiff 28 June 1965 — 12 July 19661 Gerald Jones Merthyr Tydfil 12 July 1966 (relinquished)0 Steve Curtis Cardiff 2 July 1969 (relinquished)0 Colin Miles Cardiff 22 June 1970 — 22 February 1971 (relinquished)2 Johnny Owen Merthyr Tydfil 29 March 1977 (relinquished)1 Glynne Davies Llanelli 4 October 1979 — 1 October 19800 Pip Coleman Neath 1 October 1980 (relinquished)0 Ian Turner Tredegar 2 December 1997 (relinquished)0

super-bantamweight NameFromDuration of reignSuccessful defences Robert Turley Cefn Fforest5 February 2011 — 0

featherweight NameFromDuration of reignSuccessful defences Billy Evans Merthyr Tydfil16 March 1929 — 21 September 19290 Ginger Jones Ammanford21 September 1929 —> 3 September 1932 (relinquished)5 Stanley Jehu Maesteg9 December 1933 — 14 July 19340 George Morgan Pontypridd14 July 1934 — 25 May 19350 Stanley Jehu Maesteg25 May 1935 — 8 June 19360 Len Beynon Barry8 June 1936 —> 24 January 1938 (relinquished)2 Syd Worgan Llanharan11 September 1944 (relinquished)0 Jackie Hughes Pontypridd28 February 1949 —> 23 August 1950 (relinquished)2 Dai Davies Skewen24 September 1951 —> 1 June 1953 (relinquished)2 Haydn Jones Tiryberth16 February 1953 —> 26 October 1953 (relinquished)2 Lennie Williams Maesteg30 June 1964 —> 12 September 1966 (relinquished)1 Colin Miles Cardiff26 March 1974 (relinquished)0 Les Pickett Merthyr Tydfil10 November 1975 —> 17 November 19761 Don George Swansea19 November 1981 (relinquished)0 Peter Harris Swansea18 November 1986 —> 18 July 19910 Steve Robinson Cardiff18 July 1991 (relinquished)0 Peter Harris Swansea20 May 1994 (relinquished)0 David Morris Cardiff23 February 1999 (relinquished)0 Dai Davies Merthyr Tydfil5 June 2009 — 30 October 20100 Lee Selby Barry30 October 20100

super-featherweight NameFromDuration of reignSuccessful defences Steve Sims Newport25 September 1985 - >23 June 19861 Russell Jones Gilfach Goch29 October 1986 (vacated)0 James Hunter Port Talbot12 April 1989 - 1 March 19900 Andy DeAbreu Cardiff1 March 1990 - (vacated)0 Neil Haddock Llanelli11 May 1992 - (vacated)0 Barrie Kelley Llanelli19 January 1993 - 10 November 19930 John T Williams Cwmbran10 November 1993 - (vacated)1 Chrissie Williams Merthyr Tydfil24 September 1999 - (vacated)0 Dai Davies Merthyr Tydfil8 October 2006 - 12 July 20080 Jamie Arthur Cwmbran12 July 2008 -0 Mark Evans Anglesey7 June 2013 -0

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