# England Boxing National Amateur Championships Heavyweight Champions

The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Heavyweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship. It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.

## History

The heavyweight division is the newest division only being inaugurated in 1998 and is currently contested in the under-92 Kg weight division. The championships are highly regarded in the boxing world and seen as the most prestigious national amateur championships.

## Past winners

| Year | Winner | Club |
| 1881 | Robert Frost-Smith+ | Clapton ABC |
| 1882 | Henry Thomas Dearsley | St. James ABC |
| 1883 | Henry Thomas Dearsley | Thames ABC |
| 1884 | Henry Thomas Dearsley | St. James ABC |
| 1885 | William West | Northampton ABC |
| 1886 | Anthony Diamond | Birmingham ABC |
| 1887 | Edward White | Belle Sauvage AAC |
| 1888 | Bill J King | Belsize ABC |
| 1889 | Alfred Bowman | Royal Victor ABC |
| 1890 | Joe Steers | London ABC |
| 1891 | Val Barker | Belsize ABC |
| 1892 | Joe Steers | Middleton ABC |
| 1893 | Joe Steers | Middleton ABC |
| 1894 | Horace King | Belsize ABC |
| 1895 | Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone | Royal Irish Regiment |
| 1896 | Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone | Royal Irish Regiment |
| 1897 | Geoff Townsend | Goldsmith Institute ABC |
| 1898 | Geoff Townsend | Goldsmith Institute ABC |
| 1899 | Frank Parks | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1900 | William J. Dees | Goldsmith Institute ABC |
| 1901 | Frank Parks | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1902 | Frank Parks | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1903 | Edward Dickson | Edinburgh Harriers GC |
| 1904 | Archibald Herbert Horner | Belsize ABC |
| 1905 | Frank Parks | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1906 | Frank Parks | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1907 | Bert Brewer | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1908 | Syd Evans | Reading ABC |
| 1909 | C. Brown | Victoria B & Ath C |
| 1910 | Fred Storbeck | South Africa |
| 1911 | Bill Hazell | City Police ABC |
| 1912 | Dick Smith | Metropolitan Police ABC |
| 1913 | Dick Smith | Metropolitan Police ABC |
| 1914 | Ernest Chandler | Stock Exchange ABC |
| 1915–1918 | not held | not held |
| 1919 | Hugh Brown | Belsize ABC |
| 1920 | Ronald Rawson | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1921 | Ronald Rawson | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1922 | Tom Evans | Amman Valley ABC |
| 1923 | Eddie Eagan | Oxford University ABC |
| 1924 | Arthur Clifton | PLA Police ABC |
| 1925 | Lieut Dudley Lister (MC) | I.S.B.A |
| 1926 | Thyge Petersen | Denmark |
| 1927 | Lieut Charles Francis Capper | Royal Artillery |
| 1928 | James O'Driscoll | Dublin Civic Guards ABC |
| 1929 | Pat Floyd | Battersea ABC |
| 1930 | Sig. Anthony Stuart | Royal Corps of Signals |
| 1931 | Matt Flanagan | Dublin Civic Guards ABC |
| 1932 | Anthony Stuart | London Fire Brigade ABC |
| 1933 | Con O'Grady | London City Police ABC |
| 1934 | Pat Floyd | Battersea & The Times ABC |
| 1935 | Pat Floyd | Battersea & The Times ABC |
| 1936 | Anthony Stuart | London Fire Brigade ABC |
| 1937 | Anthony Stuart | London Fire Brigade ABC |
| 1938 | George Preston | Battersea ABC |
| 1939 | Jock Porter | Colchester City ABC |
| 1940–1942 | not held | not held |
| 1943 | George Preston | Battersea ABC |
| 1944 | Mark Hart | Royal Air Force |
| 1945 | George Scott | Nottingham City Police & APTC ABC |
| 1946 | Pat Floyd | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1947 | George Scriven | Downham Community ABC |
| 1948 | Sgt. Jack Gardner | Army |
| 1949 | LCpl Anthony Worrall | Army |
| 1950 | Pte. Peter Toch | Army |
| 1951 | Albert Halsey | Kyrle Hall ABC |
| 1952 | Eddie Hearn | Battersea ABC |
| 1953 | Pte. Joe Erskine | Army |
| 1954 | Cpl. Brian Harper | Royal Air Force |
| 1955 | Dennis Rowe | Glamorgan Police |
| 1956 | Dave Rent | Maple Leaf ABC |
| 1957 | Dave Thomas | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1958 | Dave Thomas | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1959 | Dave Thomas | Polytechnic ABC |
| 1960 | L/Sgt. Len Hobbs | Army |
| 1961 | Billy Walker | West Ham ABC |
| 1962 | Rae Dryden | Royal Navy |
| 1963 | Cpl. Robert Sanders | Royal Navy |
| 1964 | Colin Woodhouse | Wandsworth ABC |
| 1965 | William Wells | Wandsworth ABC |
| 1966 | Anthony Brogan | Barnstaple ABC |
| 1967 | Peter Boddington | Rootes ABC |
| 1968 | William Wells | Lynn ABC |
| 1969 | Alan Burton | Caius ABC |
| 1970 | Jim Gilmour | Sighthill ABC |
| 1971 | Les Stevens | Reading ABC |
| 1972 | Tim Wood | Belgrave ABC |
| 1973 | Garfield McEwan | Kyrle Hall ABC |
| 1974 | Neville Meade | Royal Air Force |
| 1975 | Gregory McEwan | Rum Runners ABC |
| 1976 | John Rafferty | Monkland ABC |
| 1977 | Glenn Adair | Barnstaple ABC |
| 1978 | Julius Awome | Working ABC |
| 1979 | Andy Palmer | Golden Gloves ABC |
| 1980 | Frank Bruno | Sir Phillip Game ABC |
| 1981 | Adrian Elliott | Fairburn House ABC |
| 1982 | Harold Hylton | Brockworth Viking ABC |
| 1983 | Horace Notice | Nechells ABC |
| 1984 | Doug Young | Hawick ABC |
| 1985 | Harold Hylton | Viking ABC |
| 1986 | Eric Cardouza | Kingsthorpe ABC |
| 1987 | James Moran | Austin ABC |
| 1988 | Henry Akinwande | Lynn ABC |
| 1989 | Henry Akinwande | Lynn ABC |
| 1990 | Keith Inglis | Tunbridge Wells ABC |
| 1991 | Paul Lawson | Repton ABC |
| 1992 | Scott Welch | Hove ABC |
| 1993 | Paul Lawson | Repton ABC |
| 1994 | Steve Burford | Army |
| 1995 | Mathew Ellis | Blackpool ABC |
| 1996 | Anthony Oakley | Leigh Park ABC |
| 1997 | Blue Stevens | Pinehurst Star ABC |
| 1998 | Neil Hoskins | Royal Air Force |
| 1999 | Stuart St. John | Berry Boys ABC |
| 2000 | David Dolan | Plains Farm ABC |
| 2001 | David Dolan | Plains Farm ABC |
| 2002 | David Dolan | Plains Farm ABC |
| 2003 | Mick O'Connell | Royal Navy |
| 2004 | Tony Bellew | Rotunda ABC |
| 2005 | Tony Bellew | Rotunda ABC |
| 2006 | Tony Bellew | Rotunda ABC |
| 2007 | Danny Price | Westway ABC |
| 2008 | Warren Baister | Sunderland ABC |
| 2009 | Chris Keane | Pleck ABC |
| 2010 | Danny Price | Scarborough ABC |
| 2011 | Ben Ileyemi | Finchley ABC |
| 2012 | Simon Barclay | Corby ABC |
| 2013 | Greg Bridet | Heart of Portsmouth ABC |
| 2014 | Warren Baister | Sunderland ABC |
| 2015 | Ricardo Slue | Fitzroy Lodge ABC |
| 2016 | Cheavon Clarke | Gravesham ABC |
| 2017 | Cheavon Clarke | Gravesham ABC |
| 2018 | Lewis Williams | Cleary's ABC |
| 2019 | Natty Ngwenya | Army |
| 2020 | cancelled due to COVID 19. | cancelled due to COVID 19. |
| 2021 | Patrick Brown | Moss Side Fire |
| 2022 | Patrick Brown | Moss Side Fire |
| 2023 | Damar Thomas | Powerday Hooks |
| 2024 | Chidi Amanwa | Britania |
+ Reported as Richard Frost-Smith on England Boxing website but believed to be Robert Frost-Smith.