title: List of British lightweight boxing champions
text: # List of British lightweight boxing champions
  
  List of British lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British lightweight title. The title had been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club from 1909–1929 where they awarded the Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt until its later replacement by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since.
  
  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.
  
  | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jack Goldswain | 23 April 1908 – 23 November 1908 | 2 |
  | Freddie Welsh | 8 November 1909 – 27 February 1911 | 1 |
  | Matt Wells | 27 February 1911 – 11 November 1912 | 1 |
  | Freddie Welsh | 11 November 1912 – 16 December $1912^r$ | 1 |
  | Bob Marriott | 23 June $1919^r$ | 0 |
  | Ernie Rice | 11 April 1921 – 18 September 1922 | 2 |
  | Seaman Nobby Hall | 18 September 1922 – 17 May 1923 | 0 |
  | Harry Mason | 17 May 1923 – 21 November $1923^r$ | 1 |
  | Ernie Izzard | 24 November 1924 – 22 June 1925 | 2 |
  | Harry Mason | 22 June 1925 – 11 February $1926^r$ | 1 |
  | Sam Steward | 17 September 1928 – 2 May 1929 | 1 |
  | Fred Webster | 2 May 1929 – 21 May 1930 | 1 |
  | Al Foreman | 21 May 1930 – 15 March $1932^r$ | 2 |
  | Johnny Cuthbert | 11 August 1932 – 18 January 1934 | 1 |
  | Harry Mizler | 18 January 1934 – 29 October 1934 | 2 |
  | Jack Kid Berg | 29 October 1934 – 24 April 1936 | 1 |
  | Jimmy Walsh | 24 April 1936 – 23 June 1938 | 2 |
  | Dave Crowley | 23 June 1938 – 15 December 1938 | 1 |
  | Eric Boon | 15 December 1938 – 12 August 1944 | 3 |
  | Ronnie James | 12 August 1944 – 6 June $1947^r$ | 0 |
  | Billy Thompson | 16 October 1947 – 28 August 1951 | 3 |
  | Tommy McGovern | 28 August 1951 – 25 July 1952 | 1 |
  | Frank Johnson | 25 July $1952^r$ | 0 |
  | Joe Lucy | 29 September 1953 – 26 April 1955 | 1 |
  | Frank Johnson | 26 April 1955 – 13 April 1956 | 1 |
  | Joe Lucy | 13 April 1956 – 9 April 1957 | 2 |
  | Dave Charnley | 9 April 1957 – January $1965^r$ | 2 |
  | Maurice Cullen | 8 April 1965 – 19 February 1968 | 4 |
  | Ken Buchanan | 19 February 1968 – 12 May $1970^r$ | 1 |
  | Willie Reilly | 1 February $1972^r$ | 0 |
  | Jim Watt | 3 May 1972 – 29 January 1973 | 1 |
  | Ken Buchanan | 29 January 1973 – September $1974^r$ | 0 |
  | Jim Watt | 27 January 1975 – 21 February $1977^r$ | 1 |
  | Charlie Nash | 28 February 1979 – July $1979^r$ | 0 |
  | Ray Cattouse | 24 March 1980 – 12 October 1982 | 2 |
  | George Feeney | 12 October 1982 – 10 February $1984^r$ | 2 |
  | Tony Willis | 16 May 1985 – 24 September 1987 | 3 |
  | Alex Dickson | 24 September 1987 – 24 February 1988 | 1 |
  | Steve Boyle | 24 February 1988 – 1 November $1988^r$ | 1 |
  | Carl Crook | 14 November 1990 – 28 October 1992 | 5 |
  | Billy Schwer | 28 October 1992 – 24 February 1993 | 1 |
  | Paul Burke | 24 February 1993 – 10 November 1993 | 1 |
  | Billy Schwer | 10 November 1993 – 16 February $1994^r$ | 1 |
  | Michael Ayers | 17 February 1995 – August $1997^r$ | 4 |
  | Wayne Rigby | 10 January 1998 – 17 October 1998 | 2 |
  | Bobby Vanzie | 17 October 1998 – 17 July 2003 | 5 |
  | Graham Earl | 17 July 2003 – 19 June $2005^r$ | 3 |
  | Lee Meager | 12 May 2006 – 8 December 2006 | 1 |
  | Jonathan Thaxton | 8 December 2006 – 5 October $2007^r$ | 2 |
  | John Murray | 11 July 2008 – 7 May $2010^r$ | 4 |
  | Gavin Rees | 6 November $2010^r$ | 0 |
  | Anthony Crolla | 12 February 2011 – 21 April 2012 | 2 |
  | Derry Mathews | 21 April 2012 – 7 July 2012 | 1 |
  | Gavin Rees | 7 July $2012^r$ | 0 |
  | Martin Gethin | 18 January 2013 – 10 May 2014 | 1 |
  | Derry Mathews | 10 May $2014^r$ | 0 |
  | Terry Flanagan | 26 July $2014^r$ | 0 |
  | Scott Cardle | 30 May 2015 – 15 April 2017 | 2 |
  | Robbie Barrett | 15 April 2017 – 7 October 2017 | 0 |
  | Lewis Ritson | 7 October 2017 – 16 June $2018^r$ | 3 |
  | Joe Cordina | 20 April 2019 – February $2020^r$ | 1 |
  | James Tennyson | 1 August 2020 – present | 0 |
  