List of British heavyweight boxing champions
List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British heavyweight championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929.

List of British heavyweight boxing champions

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Table Section Text: List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British heavyweight championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929.

Name	Duration of reign	Defences

Jack Palmer	18 December 1905 – 29 October 1906	1

Gunner Moir	29 October 1906 – 19 April 1909	2

William Hague	19 April 1909 – 24 April 1911	3

Bombardier Billy Wells	24 April 1911 – 27 February 1919	14

Joe Beckett	27 February 1919s	0

Frank Goddard	26 May 1919 – 17 June 1919	1

Joe Beckett	17 June 1919 – 14 May 1923r	4

Frank Goddard	21 November 1923 – 18 March 1926	2

Phil Scott	18 March 1926 – 30 April 1926r	1

Reggie Meen	16 November 1931 – 12 July 1932	1

Jack Petersen	12 July 1932 – 30 November 1933	3

Len Harvey	30 November 1933 – 4 June 1934	1

Jack Petersen	4 June 1934 – 17 August 1936	4

Ben Foord	17 August 1936 – 15 March 1937	1

Tommy Farr	15 March 1937r	0

Len Harvey	1 December 1938r	0

Jack London	15 September 1944 – 17 July 1945	1

Bruce Woodcock	17 July 1945 – 14 November 1950	2

Jack Gardner	14 November 1950 – 11 March 1952	1

Johnny Williams	11 March 1952 – 12 May 1953	1

Don Cockell	12 May 1953r	0

Joe Erskine	27 August 1956 – 3 June 1958	2

Brian London	3 June 1958 – 12 January 1959	1

Henry Cooper	12 January 1959 – 7 November 1967r	8

Jack Bodell	13 October 1969 – 24 March 1970	1

Henry Cooper	24 March 1970 – 16 March 1971	1

Joe Bugner	16 March 1971 – 27 September 1971	1

Jack Bodell	27 September 1971 – 27 June 1972	1

Danny McAlinden	27 June 1972 – 13 January 1975	1

Bunny Johnson	13 January 1975 – 30 September 1975	1

Richard Dunn	30 September 1975 – 12 October 1976	2

Joe Bugner	12 October 1976r	0

John L. Gardner	24 October 1978 – 26 June 1979r	1

Gordon Ferris	30 March 1981 – 12 October 1981	1

Neville Meade	12 October 1981 – 22 September 1983	1

David Pearce	22 September 1983r	0

Hughroy Currie	18 September 1985 – 12 April 1986	1

Horace Notice	12 April 1986 – 9 March 1988r	3

Gary Mason	18 January 1989 – 6 March 1991	2

Lennox Lewis	6 March 1991 – 30 April 1992r	2

Herbie Hide	27 February 1993r	0

James Oyebola	19 November 1994 – 27 October 1995	1

Scott Welch	27 October 1995r	0

Julius Francis	27 September 1997 – 13 March 2000	4

Michael Holden	13 March 2000r	0

Danny Williams	21 October 2000 – 24 January 2004	5

Michael Sprott	24 January 2004 – 24 April 2004	1

Matt Skelton	24 April 2004 – 10 December 2005r	3

Scott Gammer	16 June 2006 – 2 March 2007	2

Danny Williams	2 March 2007 – 15 May 2010	3

Dereck Chisora	15 May 2010 – 23 July 2011	1

Tyson Fury	23 July 2011 – 8 February 2012r	0

David Price	19 May 2012 – 5 December 2013r	0

Tyson Fury	30 November 2014 - 28 November 2015r	0

Anthony Joshua	12 December 2015 - 9 April 2016r	0

Dillian Whyte	7 October 2016 – 12 January 2017r	0

Sam Sexton	6 October 2017 – 12 May 2018	0

Hughie Fury	12 May 2018 - present	0

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"Bombardier Billy Wells" was British champion from 1911 until 1919, defending his title fourteen times.

final_sentence: "Bombardier Billy Wells" was British champion from 1911 until 1919, defending his title fourteen times.