List of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional light heavyweight championship.

List of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions

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Table Section Text: This list of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional light heavyweight championship.

Name	Reign	Duration of reign	Title	Defences	Note

Brian McCleary	1	9 September 1922 – 3 May 1923	New Zealand Boxing Association	3

Ed Parker	1	3 May 1923 – 12 August 1929	New Zealand Boxing Association	4	Parker was stripped of the title for being overweight. Title was award to Jim Broadfoot despite the fact that Broadfoot lost the bout.

Jim Broadfoot	1	12 August 1929 – 12 March 1930	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Artie Hay	1	12 March 1930	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Hay Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Jim Broadfoot	2	2 May 1931 – 15 February 1932	New Zealand Boxing Association	3

Ray Nicol	1	15 February 1932 – 14 February 1936	New Zealand Boxing Association	6

Harold Reeve	1	14 February 1936 – 29 October 1937	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Ern Jacobs	1	29 October 1937	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Jacobs Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Stan Jenkin	1	22 June 1939 – 5 March 1940	New Zealand Boxing Association	1	Jenkin died on 05 March 1940.

Cliff Hanham	1	27 June 1940	New Zealand Boxing Association	2	Hanham Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Roy Stevens	1	29 October 1945 – 15 February 1947	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Doug Rollinson	1	15 February 1947	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Rollinson Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Tommy Downes	1	21 March 1949 – 23 May 1949	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Barney Clarke	1	23 May 1949 – 18 August 1949	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Roy Stevens	2	18 August 1949	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Stevens Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Russ Broughton	1	7 October 1950	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Broughton Vacated the title.

Chub Keith	1	9 July 1951	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Keith Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Johnny Halafihi	1	16 April 1956	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Halafihi Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Charley Beaton	1	13 July 1957	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Beaton Vacated the title shortly after due to retirement.

Johnny Nomura	1	17 April 1961 – 4 August 1962	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Earl Nikora	1	4 August 1962 – 17 May 1965	New Zealand Boxing Association	2

Filo Manuoa	1	17 May 1965 – 29 November 1965	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Mike Leuii	1	29 November 1965	New Zealand Boxing Association	0	Leuii vacated the title as he was deported from New Zealand.

Eddie Wulf	1	22 April 1971	New Zealand Boxing Association	0

Joe Jackson	1	13 February 1974	New Zealand Boxing Association	0

Lance Revill	1	11 June 1979 – 13 April 1980	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Monty Betham	1	13 April 1980	New Zealand Boxing Association	1	Betham Vacated the title.

Alex Sua	1	10 March 1982	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Raeli Raeli	1	24 April 1990	New Zealand Boxing Council	0

Allan McNamara	1	30 May 1994	New Zealand Boxing Association	1

Timo Masua	1	5 September 1999	New Zealand Boxing Association	0

Sean Sullivan	1	9 August 2002	New Zealand Boxing Association	0

Sean Sullivan	2	11 April 2003	New Zealand National Boxing Federation	0	Sullivan held both titles.

Robert Berridge	1	28 March 2013 – 2 June 2017	New Zealand Professional Boxing Association	2	Berridge was awarded the title due to lack of challenges. NZPBA presented the title to Berridge after a non title bout against Moses Ioelu.

Sam Rapira	1	12 September 2014 – 16 October 2014	New Zealand National Boxing Federation	1

Reece Papuni	1	16 October 2014	New Zealand National Boxing Federation	0

Tyrone Warren	1	25 November 2017	New Zealand National Boxing Federation	0

Ratu Dawai	1	19 May 2018	New Zealand Professional Boxing Commission	0

Sentence(s)

On 23 May 1949, Barney Clarke became the New Zealand Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

final_sentence: On 23 May 1949, Barney Clarke became the New Zealand Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion.