List of New Zealand heavyweight boxing champions


This list of New Zealand heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional heavyweight championship. The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National Boxing Federation, Pro Box NZ, New Zealand Professional Boxing Commission and New Zealand Professional Boxing Association since 1885. A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as a world title. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear.
NameReignDuration of reignTitleDefencesNote
Dick Matthews116 March 1885 – 6 January 1888New Zealand Title5
Harry Laing19 August 1886 – 25 April 1888New Zealand Title7Laing fought Matthews in January 1888 to Unify the New Zealand Titles
Frank Slavin125 April 1888New Zealand Title0Last New Zealand Champion from the 1800s
Jim Maloney130 June 1909New Zealand Boxing Association Title0First NZBA Champion.
Vacated Title to Fight in Australia.
Jim Mitchell113 August 1910 – 9 September 1910New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Bill Yank Rudd19 September 1910 – 26 January 1911New Zealand Boxing Association Title2
Jack Blackmore126 January 1911New Zealand Boxing Association Title0Title was stripped when he returned to Australia
Jim Mitchell210 November 1911 – 22 November 1911New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Charlie Herbert122 November 1911New Zealand Boxing Association Title0Voluntarily vacated the title
Jim Mitchell38 April 1912 – 5 October 1912New Zealand Boxing Association Title2
Bert Lowe15 October 1912 – 8 November 1912New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Barney Ireland18 November 1912 – 27 November 1912New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Bert Lowe227 November 1912 – 12 February 1913New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Fred Williams112 February 1913 – 23 October 1913New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Bert Lowe323 October 1913 – 28 October 1914New Zealand Boxing Association Title2
Albert Pooley128 October 1914 – 12 December 1919New Zealand Boxing Association Title3
Jimmy Clabby112 December 1919New Zealand Boxing Association Title0Clabby voluntarily Vacated the title
Albert Pooley2UnknownNew Zealand Boxing Association Title1New Zealand Boxing Association awarded Pooley the title. Even though Pooley did not beat anyone for the title.
Tom Heeney127 October 1920 – 15 April 1922New Zealand Boxing Association Title1Heeney Voluntarily Vacated the title
Brian McCleary115 April 1922 – 14 August 1923New Zealand Boxing Association Title3McCleary Won Vacated title.
Tom Heeney214 August 1923 – 26 September 1923New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Jim O'Sullivan126 September 1923 – 10 November 1923New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Tom Heeney310 November 1923New Zealand Boxing Association Title2Heeney Voluntarily Vacated the title
George Modrich1New Zealand Boxing Association Title1New Zealand Boxing Association Award Modrich the title. Even though Modrich did not beat anyone for the title.
Eddie Parker112 February 1925New Zealand Boxing Association Title0Parker Voluntarily Vacated the title.
Alan Campbell128 April 1930 – 1 May 1933New Zealand Boxing Association Title4
Ray Nicol11 May 1933New Zealand Boxing Association Title2Nicol Voluntarily Vacated the title,
Maurice Strickland120 June 1934 – 18 July 1934New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Ray Nicol218 July 1934 – 15 April 1935New Zealand Boxing Association Title2
Maurice Strickland215 April 1935New Zealand Boxing Association Title0Strickland Voluntarily Vacated the title
Ray Nicol318 November 1935New Zealand Boxing Association Title0
Don Mullett126 December 1942 – 18 February 1952New Zealand Boxing Association Title7
Chub Keith118 February 1952New Zealand Boxing Association Title1Keith Voluntarily Vacated the title
Don Mullett215 September 1952 – 25 September 1954New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Chub Keith225 September 1954New Zealand Boxing Association Title0Keith Voluntarily Vacated the title
Roy Stevens122 June 1957 – 16 August 1958New Zealand Boxing Association Title2
Sonny Pehi116 August 1958New Zealand Boxing Association Title2Pehi Voluntarily Vacated the title
George Mahoni25 September 1960 – 10 October 1963New Zealand Boxing Association Title0Mahoni Voluntarily Vacated the title
Fonomanu Young Sekona110 March 1982New Zealand Professional Boxing Association0
George Stankovich130 March 1983New Zealand Boxing Association Title0
August Tanuvasa128 September 1987 – 10 February 1988New Zealand Boxing Association Title1
Lance Revill110 February 1988New Zealand Boxing Association Title0
Young Haumona111 October 1990New Zealand Boxing Association Title3
Toakipa Tasefa119 February 1998New Zealand Boxing Association Title0
Shane Cameron14 December 2004New Zealand Professional Boxing Association1
Amosa Zinck117 September 2005New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Daniel Tai15 June 2006 – 16 August 2008New Zealand National Boxing Federation2
Chauncy Welliver116 August 2008New Zealand National Boxing Federation4
Sonny Bill Williams18 February 2012New Zealand Professional Boxing Association0
Afa Tatupu119 April 2013 – 10 October 2013New Zealand National Boxing Federation1
Joseph Parker110 October 2013New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Hemi Ahio13 November 2015New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Junior Fa118 March 2017 – presentNew Zealand Professional Boxing Association0
Hemi Ahio21 September 2017New Zealand Professional Boxing Commission0
James Langton19 December 2017 - presentPro Box NZ0
Daniel Tai229 March 2018 - presentNew Zealand National Boxing Federation0