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 of Control since 1929.
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.
NameDuration of reignDefences
Johnny Summers1 October 1906 - 17 December 19060
Spike Robson17 December 1906r0
Jim Driscoll3 June 1907 - February 1913r4
Ted "Kid" Lewis6 October 1913r0
Llew Edwards31 May 1915r0
Charlie Hardcastle4 June 1917 - 5 November 19171
Tancy Lee5 November 1917 - 24 February 1919r2
Mike Honeyman26 January 1920 - 31 October 19212
Joe Fox31 October 1921r0
George McKenzie2 June 1924 - 30 March 19252
Johnny Curley30 March 1925 - 24 January 19273
Johnny Cuthbert24 January 1927 - 12 March 19281
Harry Corbett12 March 1928 - 18 March 19291
Johnny Cuthbert18 March 1929 - 1 October 19314
Nel Tarleton1 October 1931 - 10 November 19321
Tommy Watson10 November 1932 - 26 July 19342
Nel Tarleton26 July 1934 - 24 September 19363
Johnny McGrory24 September 1936r0
Jim "Spider" Kelly23 November 1938 - 28 June 19391
Nipper Johnny Cusick28 June 1939 - 1 February 19401
Nel Tarleton1 February 1940 - 23 February 1945r1
Al Phillips18 March 1947 - 11 September 19472
Ronnie Clayton11 September 1947 - 1 June 19546
Sammy McCarthy1 June 1954 - 22 January 19551
Billy Kelly22 January 1955 - 24 February 19561
Charlie Hill24 February 1956 - 13 April 19593
Bobby Neill13 April 1959 - 27 September 19601
Terry Spinks27 September 1960 - 2 May 19612
Howard Winstone2 May 1961 - 7 December 1966r6
Jimmy Revie24 March 1969 - 5 July 19712
Evan Armstrong5 July 1971 - 25 September 19722
Tommy Glencross25 September 1972 - 17 September 19731
Evan Armstrong17 September 1973 - February 1975r1
Vernon Sollas25 March 1975 - 15 March 19771
Alan Richardson15 March 1977 - 20 April 19782
Dave Needham20 April 1978 - 6 November 19792
Pat Cowdell6 November 1979 - April 1982r2
Steve Sims20 September 1982 - January 1983r0
Barry McGuigan12 April 1983 - 19 December 1984r1
Robert Dickie9 April 1986 - 29 October 1986r2
Peter Harris24 February 1988 - 18 May 1988r1
Paul Hodkinson18 May 1988 - 6 September 1989r2
Sean Murphy22 May 1990 - 5 March 1991r2
Gary De Roux5 March 1991 - 22 May 19911
Colin McMillan22 May 1991 - 29 October 1991r2
John Davison10 September 1992r0
Sean Murphy27 June 1993r0
Duke McKenzie18 December 1993r0
Billy Hardy24 May 1994r0
Mike Deveney23 January 1995 - 20 September 19951
Jon Jo Irwin20 September 1995 - 14 May 19962
Colin McMillan14 May 1996 - 11 January 19971
Paul Ingle11 January 1997 - 11 October 1997r2
Jon Jo Irwin9 May 1998 - 13 February 19991
Scott Harrison24 March 2001 - 17 November 2001r2
Jamie McKeever8 February 2003 - 17 May 20031
Roy Rutherford17 May 2003 - 22 November 20031
Dazzo Williams22 November 2003 - 16 June 20054
Nicky Cook16 June 2005r0
Andy Morris5 November 2005 - 9 December 20062
John Simpson9 December 2006 - 6 June 20082
Paul Appleby6 June 2008 - 25 April 20092
Martin Lindsay25 April 2009 - 15 December 20101
John Simpson15 December 2010 - 27 April 20111
Stephen Smith27 April 2011 - 17 September 20111
Lee Selby17 September 2011 - 1 February 2014r4
Josh Warrington21 May 2014r0
Ryan Walsh26 September 2015 - present6