The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Light-Welterweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.

History The light-welterweight division was inaugurated in 1951 is currently contested in the Under 62.5 kg weight category. The championships are highly regarded in the boxing world and seen as the most prestigious national amateur championships.

Past winners YearWinnerClub 1951 Bill Connor Lowe House ABC 1952 Peter Waterman Caius ABC 1953 David Hughes Cardiff Gas BC 1954 Sgmn. George Martin Army 1955 Frank McQuillan Dundee BC 1956 Dave Stone Battersea ABC 1957 Dave Stone Army 1958 Bobby Kane St. Mungos ABC 1959 Bobby Kane St. Mungos ABC 1960 Bobby Day Lancaster Lads Club 1961 Cpl. Brian Brazier Army 1962 L/Cpl. Brian Brazier Army 1963 Dick McTaggart Kelvin ABC 1964 Robert Taylor Mitchell & Butlers ABC 1965 Dick McTaggart Kelvin ABC 1966 Billy Hiatt Battersea ABC 1967 Brian Hudspeth Garden City ABC 1968 Eamonn Cole Fitzroy Lodge ABC 1969 John H. Stracey Repton ABC 1970 Dai Davies Bangor YMCA ABC 1971 Michael Kingwell Robert Browning ABC 1972 Terry Waller Lynn ABC 1973 Neville Cole Fitzroy Lodge ABC 1974 Peter Kelly Royal Navy 1975 Joseph Zeraschi Fitzroy Lodge ABC 1976 Clinton McKenzie Sir Philip Game ABC 1977 Jim Douglas Camperdown ABC 1978 Dave Williams Brookside ABC 1979 Eddie Copeland Cavendish ABC 1980 Tony Willis Rotunda ABC 1981 Tony Willis Rotunda ABC 1982 Tony Adams Fitzroy Lodge ABC 1983 Dave Dent St. Pancras ABC 1984 Dave Griffiths Splott Adventure ABC 1985 Ibby Mustara Lynn ABC 1986 Jonathan Alsop Cardiff YMCA ABC 1987 Andy Holligan Rotunda ABC 1988 Allan Hall Darlington ABC 1989 Allan Hall Shildon BR ABC 1990 James Pender St. Francis ABC 1991 Jason Matthews Aberbargoed BC 1992 Darren McCarrick Boarshaw ABC 1993 Peter Richardson Philip Thomas School of Boxing ABC 1994 Alan Temple Hartlepool Boys Welfare ABC 1995 Alan Vaughan Huyton ABC 1996 Carl Wall Gemini ABC 1997 Ricky Hatton Sale West ABC 1998 Nigel Wright Shildon ABC 1999 Daniel Happe Repton ABC 2000 Nigel Wright Shildon ABC 2001 Gavin Smith Karmand ABC 2002 Lenny Daws Rosehill ABC 2003 Lee Beavis Dale Youth ABC 2004 John Watson Higherside ABC 2005 Michael Grant Haringey ABC 2006 Jamie Cox Walcot ABC 2007 Bradley Saunders South Durham ABC 2008 Liam Smith Rotunda ABC 2009 Ronnie Heffron Boarshaw ABC 2010 Joe Hughes Malmsbury 2011 Danny Phillips South Bank ABC 2012 Louis Adolphe Earlsfield ABC 2013 Josh Kelly Houghton & District ABC 2014 Sam Maxwell Salisbury ABC 2015 Pat McCormack Birtley ABC 2016 Danny Wright Centurions ABC 2017 Thomas Hodgson Birtley ABC 2018 Dalton Smith Steel City ABC 2019 Sam Noakes Westree ABC2020 cancelled due to COVID 19.2021 Ibraheem Sulaimaan Eastside2022 Louie O'Doherty Halstead & Essex Uni2023 Giorgio Visioli Repton2024 Oliver Jones Croxteth2025 Amo Singh Repton2026 Joe Turner Jennings

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