Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
Defeats Alf Mitchell on 91-12-21 in London, ENG to be recognized as the English champion (158lb) by NSC; vacant in 92 or 93.
Ted White
1893-04-24
London, ENG
Defeats George Chrisp; vacant after his last fight on 96-06-01.
Frank Craig
1898-10-17
London, ENG
Defeats Billy Edwards; vacant in 99-04.
Dido Plumb
1899-05-01
London, ENG
Defeats Bill Heffernan.
Jack Palmer
1902-11-24
London, ENG
Has claimed the title since defeating David Peters on 02-06-23 in Merthyr Tydfil, WEL; defeats Eddie Connolly on 02-11-24 for the NSC recognition; Plumb continues to be billed as champion by non-NSC organizations as late as 02-12-15; NSC recognition withdrawn when Palmer starts competing in RSA from 04-01.
Charlie Allum
1905-02-27
London, ENG
Defeats Jack Kingsland; Palmer may continue to claim the title in RSA but becomes ill and inactive in early 05.
Pat O'Keefe
1906-03-19
London, ENG
Defeats Mike Crawley; also defeats Allum on 06-04-23 in London, ENG.
Tom Thomas
1906-05-28
London, ENG
Jim Sullivan
1910-11-14
London, ENG
Vacates in 12-04 due to illness.
Jack Harrison
1912-05-20
London, ENG
Defeats Pat McEnroy; vacates on 13-11-12.
Pat O'Keefe [2]
1914-02-23
London, ENG
Defeats Harry Reeve.
Jack Blake
1916-05-22
London, ENG
Pat O'Keefe [3]
1918-01-28
London, ENG
Retires in 18-02.
Tom Gummer
1920-03-29
London, ENG
Defeats Jim Sullivan.
Gus Platts
1921-03-28
Sheffield, ENG
Johnny Basham
1921-05-31
London, ENG
Kid Lewis (Ted Lewis)
1921-10-14
London, ENG
Roland Todd
1923-02-15
London, ENG
Wins European, British Empire, and British titles; loses European Title on 24-11-30; stripped of the British Empire and British titles on 26-01-20 due to lack of defenses; may continue to claim the title but loses to Frank Moody on 27-02-16 in London, ENG.
Tommy Milligan
1926-07-12
London, ENG
Defeats George West for British Empire and British titles.
Alexander Ireland
1928-03-14
Edinburgh, SCT
Wins British Empire and British titles; also defeats Frank Moody on 28-09-17 in Edinburgh, SCT.
