The England Boxing National Amateur Championships 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 welterweight division was inaugurated in 1920 and is currently contested in the under 65 kg weight division. The championships are highly regarded in the boxing world and seen as the most prestigious national amateur championships.
Past winners YearWinnerClub 1920 Freddie Whitbread Fulham ABC 1921 Alexander Ireland United Scottish BC 1922 Edward White Limehouse & Polar ABC 1923 Phil Green Avery's ABC 1924 Patrick O'Hanrahan Polytechnic ABC 1925 Patrick O'Hanrahan Polytechnic Boxing Club 1926 Ben Marshall Newport Wales ABC 1927 Harry Dunn Lynn ABC 1928 Harold Bone Columbia RC & H Div. Met. Police ABC 1929 Sgt. Tim Wigmore Royal Scots 1930 Fred Brooman Northampton Institute ABC 1931 J.P. Barry Gainsford ABC 1932 Dave McCleave Lynn ABC 1933 L/Sgt. T. B. (Paddy) Peters First Battalion Irish Guards 1934 Dave McCleave Lynn ABC 1935 Danny Lynch Fisher ABC & Surrey Commercial Docks ABC 1936 Wally Pack Polytechnic Boxing Club 1937 Danny Lynch Fisher ABC & Surrey Commercial Docks ABC 1938 Charlie Webster St. Pancras ABC 1939 Dick Thomas Derby Police & Penarth Central ABC1940-42 Not held due to World War II 1943 Tommy Quill Harrow & Rugby ABC 1944 Henry Hall Hillsborough ABC 1945 Randolph Turpin Leamington Spa ABC 1946 C.S.M. Johnny Ryan Army 1947 C.S.M.I. Johnny Ryan Army 1948 Max Shacklady Eccles ABC 1949 Alan Buxton Harrow ABC 1950 A/C Terry Ratcliffe Royal Air Force 1951 Johnny Maloney Dagenham ABC 1952 A/C Johnny Maloney Royal Air Force 1953 Les Morgan Rotax ABC 1954 Pte. Nicky Gargano Army 1955 Pte. Nicky Gargano Army 1956 Nicky Gargano Covent Gardens ABC 1957 Pte. Ron Warnes Army 1958 Cpl. Brian Nancurvis Army 1959 Cpl. Jimmy McGrail Royal Air Force 1960 Colin Humphreys Porthcawl ABC 1961 Tony Lewis St. Pancras ABC 1962 Johnny Pritchett Bingham ABC 1963 Johnny Pritchett Bingham & District ABC 1964 Michael Varley Clifton ABC 1965 Peter B. Henderson Robert Browning ABC 1966 Peter Cragg Electrolux ABC 1967 Dave Cranswick Sea Cadet Corps 1968 David Martyn BDS ABC 1969 Terry Henderson Robert Browning ABC 1970 Terry Waller Lynn ABC 1971 Dave Davies Bangor YMCA BC 1972 Trevor Francis Basingstoke ABC 1973 Terry Waller Lynn ABC 1974 Terry Waller Lynn ABC 1975 Wayne Bennett New Tredegar ABC 1976 Colin Jones Penyrheol ABC 1977 Colin Jones Penyrheol ABC 1978 Edward Byrne Leamington Boys ABC 1979 Joey Frost Rotunda ABC 1980 Terry Marsh Royal Navy 1981 Terry Marsh Royal Navy 1982 Chris Pyatt Belgrave ABC 1983 Bob McKenley Cavendish ABC 1984 Mickey Hughes St. Pancras ABC 1985 Errol McDonald Ruddington ABC 1986 Darren Dyer St. Monica's ABC 1987 Mark Elliott GKN Sankey ABC 1988 Mark McCreath Bracebridge ABC 1989 Mark Elliott Bennett's Bank ABC 1990 Adrian Carew Lynn ABC 1991 Joe Calzaghe Newbridge ABC 1992 Mark Santini Birmingham City ABC 1993 Chris Bessey Army 1994 Kevin Short Army 1995 Michael Hall Darlington ABC 1996 Jawaid Khaliq Meadows & Ruddington ABC 1997 Francie Barrett Trojan ABC 1998 David Walker Fisher ABC 1999 Anthony Cesay Repton ABC 2000 Francis Doherty Kingsthorpe Boys ABC 2001 Matthew Macklin Small Heath ABC 2002 Vin Raj Leicester Youth ABC 2003 Daniel Happe Honor Oak ABC 2004 Martin Murray St. Helen's Town ABC 2005 Brett Flourney Army 2006 Denton Vassell Fox ABC 2007 Joe Selkirk Rotunda ABC 2008 Anthony Ogogo Triple A ABC 2009 Liam Cameron Steel City ABC 2010 Dudley O'Shaughnessy West Ham ABC 2011 Damon Jones West Leeds ABC 2012 Tamuka Muchapondwa Reading ABC 2013 Jeff Saunders Army 2014 Conor Loftus Burmantofts ABC 2015 Conor Loftus Burmantofts ABC 2016 Carl Fail Far Cotton ABC 2017 Harris Akbar Bradford Police 2018 Harris Akbar Bradford College/Police 2019 Harvey Lambert St Paul's ABC2020 cancelled due to COVID-19.2021 Patrick Hewitt Leigh ABC2022 Huey Malone Christ The King2023 Huey Malone Christ The King2024 Lucas Biswana Everton Red Triangle2025 Luke Prior Marybone2026 Amo Singh Repton
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