List of British heavyweight boxing champions - wikipedia 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. A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher - ranked championship, such as the world or European. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear, the date of his final defence is shown. -- Champion relinquished title. -- Champion stripped of title. Name Duration of reign Defences Jack Palmer 18 December 1905 -- 29 October 1906 Gunner Moir 29 October 1906 -- 19 April 1909 William Hague 19 April 1909 -- 24 April 1911 Bombardier Billy Wells 24 April 1911 -- 27 February 1919 14 Joe Beckett 27 February 1919 0 Frank Goddard 26 May 1919 -- 17 June 1919 Joe Beckett 17 June 1919 -- 14 May 1923 Frank Goddard 21 November 1923 -- 18 March 1926 Phil Scott 18 March 1926 -- 30 April 1926 Reggie Meen 16 November 1931 -- 12 July 1932 Jack Petersen 12 July 1932 -- 30 November 1933 Len Harvey 30 November 1933 -- 4 June 1934 Jack Petersen 4 June 1934 -- 17 August 1936 Ben Foord 17 August 1936 -- 15 March 1937 Tommy Farr 15 March 1937 0 Len Harvey 1 December 1938 0 Jack London 15 September 1944 -- 17 July 1945 Bruce Woodcock 17 July 1945 -- 14 November 1950 Jack Gardner 14 November 1950 -- 11 March 1952 Johnny Williams 11 March 1952 -- 12 May 1953 Don Cockell 12 May 1953 0 Joe Erskine 27 August 1956 -- 3 June 1958 Brian London 3 June 1958 -- 12 January 1959 Henry Cooper 12 January 1959 -- 7 November 1967 8 Jack Bodell 13 October 1969 -- 24 March 1970 Henry Cooper 24 March 1970 -- 16 March 1971 Joe Bugner 16 March 1971 -- 27 September 1971 Jack Bodell 27 September 1971 -- 27 June 1972 Danny McAlinden 27 June 1972 -- 13 January 1975 Bunny Johnson 13 January 1975 -- 30 September 1975 Richard Dunn 30 September 1975 -- 12 October 1976 Joe Bugner 12 October 1976 0 John L. Gardner 24 October 1978 -- 26 June 1979 Gordon Ferris 30 March 1981 -- 12 October 1981 Neville Meade 12 October 1981 -- 22 September 1983 David Pearce 22 September 1983 0 Hughroy Currie 18 September 1985 -- 12 April 1986 Horace Notice 12 April 1986 -- 9 March 1988 Gary Mason 18 January 1989 -- 6 March 1991 Lennox Lewis 6 March 1991 -- 30 April 1992 Herbie Hide 27 February 1993 0 James Oyebola 19 November 1994 -- 27 October 1995 Scott Welch 27 October 1995 0 Julius Francis 27 September 1997 -- 13 March 2000 Michael Holden 13 March 2000 0 Danny Williams 21 October 2000 -- 24 January 2004 Michael Sprott 24 January 2004 -- 24 April 2004 Matt Skelton 24 April 2004 -- 10 December 2005 Scott Gammer 16 June 2006 -- 2 March 2007 Danny Williams 2 March 2007 -- 15 May 2010 Dereck Chisora 15 May 2010 -- 23 July 2011 Tyson Fury 23 July 2011 -- 8 February 2012 0 David Price 19 May 2012 -- 5 December 2013 0 Tyson Fury 30 November 2014 - 28 November 2015 0 Anthony Joshua 12 December 2015 - 9 April 2016 0 Dillian Whyte 7 October 2016 -- 12 January 2017 0 Sam Sexton 6 October 2017 -- 12 May 2018 0 Hughie Fury 12 May 2018 - present 0 See also List of British cruiserweight boxing champions List of British light - heavyweight boxing champions List of British super-middleweight boxing champions List of British middleweight boxing champions List of British light - middleweight boxing champions List of British welterweight boxing champions List of British light - welterweight boxing champions List of British lightweight boxing champions List of British super-featherweight boxing champions List of British featherweight boxing champions List of British super-bantamweight boxing champions List of British bantamweight boxing champions List of British super-flyweight boxing champions List of British flyweight boxing champions External links boxrec British boxing National Sporting Club 1891 -- 1929 British Boxing Board of Control Lonsdale Belt Amateur Boxing Association British pioneers Arthur Frederick Bettinson Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale Marquess of Queensberry Eugene Corri List of British boxing champions Bantamweight boxing champions Cruiserweight boxing champions Featherweight boxing champions Flyweight boxing champions Heavyweight boxing champions Lightweight boxing champions Light welterweight boxing champions Light middleweight boxing champions Light heavyweight boxing champions Middleweight boxing champions Super bantamweight boxing champions Super featherweight boxing champions Super flyweight boxing champions Super middleweight boxing champions Welterweight boxing champions Inaugural winners of the NSC Challenge Belt Freddie Welsh Tom Thomas Young Joseph Jim Driscoll Digger Stanley Billy Wells Sid Smith Dick Smith Inaugural winners of BBBofC Lonsdale Belt Benny Lynch Johnny McGrory Jimmy Walsh Jock McAvoy Johnny King Tommy Farr Jake Kilrain Commons : Category : Boxing in the United Kingdom Category : Boxing Boxing Professional boxing Amateur boxing Women 's boxing White - collar boxing London Prize Ring Rules Marquess of Queensberry Rules Kickboxing Terms The distance Weight class Pound for pound Lineal championship Cutman Gatekeeper Journeyman Knockout Corner retirement Long Count Outpoint Punching power Punch - out Punches Jab Cross Hook ( Swing ) Uppercut Overhand Counterpunch ( Cross-counter ) Bolo punch Short straight - punch Rabbit punch Liver shot Below the belt Styles and technique Bob and weave Bobbing Head fake Slipping One - two combo Check hook Peek - a-Boo Rope - a-dope Footwork Orthodox stance Southpaw stance Related articles Ancient Greek boxing Boxing training Boxing glove Boxing ring BoxRec Compubox Chess boxing International Boxing Hall of Fame List of boxing families Tent boxing Dementia pugilistica Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act Bare - knuckle boxing Category : Boxing Commons : Category : Boxing Wikiquote : Boxing Boxing history 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_British_heavyweight_boxing_champions&oldid=840905379 '' Categories : Heavyweight boxers Lists of British boxing champions Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from July 2013 Use British English from July 2013 Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 12 May 2018, at 21 : 41 ( UTC ). 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Question: british heavyweight boxer a european champion in the 1960's
Answer: Henry Cooper