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
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
(WBA),
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation ...
(WBC),
International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...
(WBO)–as well as those awarded by ''
The Ring''. Additionally, prior to 1962, world champions were recognised by public consensus (world), and later by the
New York State Athletic Commission
The New York State Athletic Commission or NYSAC, also known as the New York Athletic Commission, is a division of the New York State Department of State which regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of New York, ...
(NYSAC) and the
National Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
(NBA).
List of champions
Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Light-heavyweight
Super-middleweight
Middleweight
Light-middleweight
Welterweight
Light-welterweight
Lightweight
Super-featherweight
Featherweight
Super-bantamweight
Bantamweight
Super-flyweight
Flyweight
Light-flyweight
Mini-flyweight
See also
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List of WBA world champions
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List of WBC world champions
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List of IBF world champions
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List of WBO world champions
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world championships in 17 different w ...
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List of The Ring champions
Boxing magazine '' The Ring'' has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first ''Ring'' world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was aw ...
References
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British boxers
World boxing champions