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List of British lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British
lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxe ...
title. The title had been sanctioned by the
National Sporting Club The National Sporting Club was a club founded in London in 1891, which did more to establish the sport of boxing in Great Britain than any other organisation. Origins The club was founded on 5 March 1891 as a private club. Its premises were at ...
from 1909–1929 where they awarded the Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt until its later replacement by the
British Boxing Board of Control The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. History The British Boxing Board of Control was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff. ...
(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.


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List of British heavyweight boxing champions List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British heavyweight title, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 19 ...
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List of British cruiserweight boxing champions List of British cruiserweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British cruiserweight title, which has been the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1985. A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the ...
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List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British light-heavyweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and later by its replacement British Boxin ...
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List of British super-middleweight boxing champions List of British super-middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British super-middleweight title, which has been sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1989. A champion will often vo ...
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List of British middleweight boxing champions List of British middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British middleweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement the British Boxing Bo ...
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List of British light-middleweight boxing champions List of British super-welterweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British super-welterweight title, which has been the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1973. A champion will often voluntarily relin ...
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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 ...
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List of British light-welterweight boxing champions List of British super-lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British super-lightweight title, which has been the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1978. A champion will often voluntarily relinqui ...
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List of British super-featherweight boxing champions List of British super-featherweight boxing champions is a table showing the Boxer (boxing), boxers who have won the British super-featherweight title. A junior-lightweight title was sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) from 19 ...
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List of British featherweight boxing champions List of British featherweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British featherweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board o ...
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List of British super-bantamweight boxing champions List of British super-bantamweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British super-bantamweight title, which has been the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1994. A champion will often voluntarily reli ...
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List of British bantamweight boxing champions The following is a table showing the boxers who have won the British bantamweight 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 c ...
* List of British super-flyweight boxing champions *
List of British flyweight boxing champions List of British flyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British flyweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Contro ...
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List of British world boxing champions This is a list of British boxers who have won a world championship by one of the four major sanctioning organisations–the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Or ...


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Ken Buchanan - Lightweight Champion of the World
- Ken Buchanan site with detailed bio, statistics, full fights and more * Maurice Golesworthy, Encyclopaedia of Boxing (Eighth Edition) (1988), Robert Hale Limited, {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of British Lightweight Boxing Champions
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