Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Tom Thomas |
28 May 1906 – 14 November 1910 |
6 |
Jim Sullivan |
14 November 1910 – 12 April 1912r |
0 |
Jack Harrison |
20 May 1912 – 12 November 1913r |
0 |
Pat O'Keeffe |
23 February 1914 – 22 May 1916 |
5 |
Bandsman Jack Blake |
22 May 1916 – 28 January 1918 |
1 |
Pat O'Keeffe |
28 January 1918r |
0 |
Ted "Kid" Lewis |
11 March 1920r |
0 |
Tom Gummer |
29 March 1920 – 28 March 1921 |
1 |
Gus Platts |
28 March 1921 – 31 May 1921 |
1 |
Johnny Basham |
31 May 1921r |
0 |
Ted "Kid" Lewis |
14 October 1921 – 15 February 1923 |
3 |
Roland Todd |
15 February 1923 – 4 June 1923r |
1 |
Tommy Milligan |
12 July 1926 – 27 January 1927 |
2 |
Frank Moody |
16 February 1927r |
0 |
Alexander Ireland |
14 March 1928r |
0 |
Frank Moody |
6 August 1928 – 17 September 1928 |
1 |
Alexander Ireland |
17 September 1928 – 16 May 1929 |
2 |
Len Harvey |
16 May 1929 – 10 April 1933 |
7 |
Jock McAvoy |
10 April 1933 – 22 May 1939 |
4 |
Ernie Roderick |
29 May 1945 – 28 October 1946 |
1 |
Vince Hawkins |
28 October 1946 – 28 June 1948 |
1 |
Dick Turpin |
28 June 1948 – 24 April 1950 |
2 |
Albert Finch |
24 April 1950 – 17 October 1950 |
1 |
Randolph Turpin |
17 October 1950r |
0 |
Johnny Sullivan |
14 September 1954 – 16 June 1955 |
1 |
Pat McAteer |
16 June 1955 – 5 September 1957r |
2 |
Terry Downes |
30 September 1958 – 15 September 1959 |
1 |
John McCormack |
15 September 1959 – 3 November 1959 |
1 |
Terry Downes |
3 November 1959 – 5 July 1960r |
1 |
George Aldridge |
26 November 1962 – 28 May 1963 |
1 |
Mick Leahy |
28 May 1963 – 14 December 1964 |
1 |
Wally Swift |
14 December 1964 – 8 November 1965 |
1 |
Johnny Pritchett |
8 November 1965 – 26 February 1968r |
3 |
Les McAteer |
14 July 1969 – 12 May 1970 |
1 |
Mark Rowe |
12 May 1970 – 8 September 1970 |
1 |
Bunny Sterling |
8 September 1970 – 11 February 1974 |
4 |
Kevin Finnegan |
11 February 1974r |
0 |
Bunny Sterling |
10 June 1975r |
0 |
Alan Minter |
4 November 1975 – 14 September 1976r |
2 |
Kevin Finnegan |
31 May 1977 – 8 November 1977r |
1 |
Alan Minter |
8 November 1977r |
0 |
Tony Sibson |
10 April 1979 – 6 November 1979 |
1 |
Kevin Finnegan |
6 November 1979r |
0 |
Roy Gumbs |
2 February 1981 – 14 September 1983 |
3 |
Mark Kaylor |
14 September 1983 – 27 November 1984 |
1 |
Tony Sibson |
27 November 1984r |
0 |
Herol Graham |
24 April 1985r |
0 |
Brian Anderson |
29 October 1986 – 16 September 1987 |
1 |
Tony Sibson |
16 September 1987r |
0 |
Herol Graham |
8 June 1988 – 23 September 1992 |
4 |
Frank Grant |
23 September 1992 – 10 November 1993 |
2 |
Neville Brown |
10 November 1993 – 17 January 1998 |
6 |
Glenn Catley |
17 January 1998r |
0 |
Howard Eastman |
30 November 1998 – 16 April 2003r |
3 |
Scott Dann |
17 September 2004 – 16 September 2005r |
3 |
Howard Eastman |
15 December 2006 – 28 September 2007 |
1 |
Wayne Elcock |
28 September 2007 – 14 March 2009 |
2 |
Matthew Macklin |
14 March 2009r |
0 |
Darren Barker |
28 November 2009 - May 2011r |
0 |
Martin Murray |
18 June 2011 - November 2012r |
0 |
Billy Joe Saunders |
15 December 2012 - January 2015r |
3 |
Nick Blackwell |
30 May 2015 – 26 March 2016 |
3 |
Chris Eubank, Jr. |
26 March 2016 – 16 September 2016r |
1 |
Tommy Langford |
26 November 2016 - 4 May 2018 |
2 |
Jason Welborn |
4 May 2018 - 8 September 2018r |
1 |
Liam Williams |
22 December 2018 - October 2020r |
2 |
Denzel Bentley |
13 November 2020 - 24 April 2021 |
1 |
Felix Cash |
24 April 2021 – Present |
0 |