# List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions

List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British light-heavyweight title. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, 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.
| Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
| Dick Smith | 9 March 1914 – 10 October 1916 | 2 |
| Harry Reeve | 10 October 1916$^r$ | 0 |
| Dick Smith | 25 February 1918$^r$ | 0 |
| Noel "Boy" McCormick | 28 April 1919$^r$ | 0 |
| Jack Bloomfield | 1 May 1922$^r$ | 0 |
| Tom Berry | 9 March 1925 – 25 April 1927 | 1 |
| Gipsy Daniels | 25 April 1927$^r$ | 0 |
| Frank Moody | 27 November 1927 – 25 November 1929 | 1 |
| Harry Crossley | 25 November 1929 – 23 November 1932 | 1 |
| Jack Petersen | 23 May 1932$^r$ | 0 |
| Len Harvey | 13 June 1933$^r$ | 0 |
| Eddie Phillips | 4 February 1935 – 27 April 1937 | 1 |
| Jock McAvoy | 27 April 1937 – 7 April 1938 | 1 |
| Len Harvey | 7 April 1938 – 20 June 1942 | 2 |
| Freddie Mills | 20 June 1942 – 15 February 1950$^r$ | 0 |
| Don Cockell | 17 October 1950 – 10 June 1952 | 2 |
| Randolph Turpin | 10 June 1952$^r$ | 0 |
| Dennis Powell | 26 March 1953 – 26 October 1953 | 1 |
| Alex Buxton | 26 October 1953 – 26 April 1955 | 2 |
| Randolph Turpin | 26 April 1955$^r$ | 0 |
| Ron Barton | 13 March 1956$^r$ | 0 |
| Randolph Turpin | 26 November 1956 – 11 June 1957$^r$ | 1 |
| Chic Calderwood | 28 January 1960 – 7 August 1963$^s$ | 2 |
| Chic Calderwood | 11 November 1964 (killed in road accident) | 0 |
| Young McCormack | 19 June 1967 – 13 January 1969 | 2 |
| Eddie Avoth | 13 January 1969 – 24 January 1971 | 2 |
| Chris Finnegan | 24 January 1971 – 22 May 1973 | 2 |
| John Conteh | 22 May 1973 – 21 May 1974$^r$(Retired) | 1 |
| Johnny Frankham | 3 June 1975 – 14 October 1975 | 1 |
| Chris Finnegan | 14 October 1975$^r$ | 0 |
| Tim Wood | 28 April 1976 – 8 March 1977 | 1 |
| Bunny Johnson | 8 March 1977 – 27 February 1980$^r$ | 3 |
| Tom Collins | 5 March 1982 – 26 January 1984 | 3 |
| Dennis Andries | 26 January 1984 – 10 September 1986$^r$ | 4 |
| Tom Collins | 11 March 1987$^r$ | 0 |
| Tony Wilson | 15 December 1987 – 22 March 1989 | 3 |
| Tom Collins | 22 March 1989$^r$ | 0 |
| Steve McCarthy | 25 October 1990$^r$ | 0 |
| Crawford Ashley | 25 August 1991 – 25 April 1992$^r$ | 2 |
| Maurice Core | 28 September 1992 – 1 December 1993$^r$ | 1 |
| Crawford Ashley | 14 March 1998 – 13 March 1999 | 2 |
| Clinton Woods | 13 March 1999$^r$ | 0 |
| Neil Simpson | 22 April 2000 – 8 March 2003 | 2 |
| Peter Oboh | 8 March 2003 – 12 May 2004$^r$ | 1 |
| Tony Oakey | 18 May 2007 – 13 June 2008 | 3 |
| Dean Francis | 13 June 2008$^r$ | 0 |
| Nathan Cleverly | 18 July 2009 – 9 October 2009$^r$ | 1 |
| Tony Bellew | 16 July 2011 – 27 April 2013$^r$ | 1 |
| Bob Ajisafe | 15 March 2014$^r$ | 0 |
| Hosea Burton | 27 February 2016 – 10 December 2016 | 0 |
| Frank Buglioni | 10 December 2016 – 24 March 2018 | 3 |
| Callum Johnson | 24 March 2018$^r$ | 0 |
| Joshua Buatsi | 23 March 2019 – 12 September 2019$^r$ | 0 |
| Shakan Pitters | 22 August 2020 – 18 December 2020 | 1 |
| Craig Richards | 18 December 2020 – 21 November 2021 | 0 |
| Dan Azeez | 21 November 2021 – 3 February 2024 | 2 |
| Joshua Buatsi | 3 February 2024 - present | 0 |