Name |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Young Joseph |
19 October 1908 — 6 May 1912r[1] |
1 |
Johnny Summers |
17 June 1912 — 9 January 1914 |
3 |
Tom McCormick |
9 January 1914 — 21 March 1914 |
2 |
Matt Wells |
21 March 1914r |
0 |
Johnny Basham |
14 December 1914 — 9 June 1920 |
4 |
Ted "Kid" Lewis |
9 June 1920 — 26 November 1924 |
3 |
Tommy Milligan |
26 November 1924r |
0 |
Johnny Brown |
8 October 1925 — 19 November 1925 |
1 |
Harry Mason |
19 November 1925 — 31 May 1926 |
2 |
Jack Hood |
31 May 1926 — 13 March 1933r |
3 |
Harry Mason |
11 June 1934 — 17 December 1934 |
1 |
Pat Butler |
17 December 1934r |
0 |
Dave McCleave |
23 April 1936 — 2 June 1936 |
1 |
Jake Kilrain |
2 June 1936 — 23 March 1939 |
2 |
Ernie Roderick |
23 March 1939 — 8 November 1948 |
5 |
Henry Hall |
8 November 1948 — 15 November 1949 |
1 |
Eddie Thomas |
15 November 1949 — 16 October 1951 |
2 |
Wally Thom |
16 October 1951 — 24 July 1952 |
1 |
Cliff Curvis |
24 July 1952r |
0 |
Wally Thom |
24 September 1953 — 5 June 1956 |
2 |
Peter Waterman |
5 June 1956 — 17 December 1956r |
1 |
Tommy Molloy |
15 July 1958 — 1 February 1960 |
2 |
Wally Swift |
1 February 1960 — 21 November 1960 |
1 |
Brian Curvis |
21 November 1960 — 25 November 1965r |
6 |
Johnny Cooke |
13 February 1967 — 20 February 1968 |
2 |
Ralph Charles |
20 February 1968 — 7 December 1971r |
2 |
Bobby Arthur |
31 October 1972 — 5 June 1973 |
1 |
John H Stracey |
5 June 1973r |
0 |
Pat Thomas |
15 December 1975 — 7 December 1976 |
2 |
Henry Rhiney |
7 December 1976 — 4 April 1979 |
2 |
Kirkland Laing |
4 April 1979 — 1 April 1980 |
1 |
Colin Jones |
1 April 1980 — 28 April 1981r |
2 |
Lloyd Honeyghan |
5 April 1983 — 6 December 1983r |
1 |
Kostas Petrou |
13 April 1985 — 18 September 1985 |
1 |
Sylvester Mittee |
18 September 1985 — 27 November 1985 |
1 |
Lloyd Honeyghan |
27 November 1985r |
0 |
Kirkland Laing |
14 March 1987 — 16 January 1991 |
4 |
Del Bryan |
16 January 1991 — 20 February 1992 |
2 |
Gary Jacobs |
20 February 1992 — 9 July 1992r |
1 |
Del Bryan |
22 September 1993 — 15 September 1995 |
4 |
Chris Saunders |
15 September 1995 — 13 February 1996 |
1 |
Kevin Lueshing |
13 February 1996 — 19 July 1997 |
1 |
Geoff McCreesh |
19 July 1997 — 31 October 1998r |
3 |
Derek Roche |
10 April 1999 — 27 March 2000 |
3 |
Harry Dhami |
27 March 2000 — 19 November 2001 |
3 |
Neil Sinclair |
19 November 2001 — 1 February 2003r |
3 |
David Barnes |
17 July 2003 — 12 November 2004r |
3 |
Michael Jennings |
16 July 2005 — 28 January 2006 |
2 |
Young Mutley |
28 January 2006 — 1 June 2006 |
1 |
Kevin Anderson |
1 June 2006 — 2 November 2007 |
3 |
Kevin McIntyre |
2 November 2007 — 29 February 2008r |
1 |
Kell Brook |
14 June 2008 — 18 September 2010r |
4 |
Craig Watson |
19 February 2011 — 16 April 2011 |
0 |
Lee Purdy |
16 April 2011 — 16 July 2011 |
1 |
Colin Lynes |
9 November 2011 — 12 May 2012 |
0 |
Junior Witter |
12 May 2012 — 1 November 2012 |
0 |
Frankie Gavin |
1 November 2012 — 29 November 2014r |
4 |
Sam Eggington |
18 July 2015 — 5 March 2016 |
1 |
Bradley Skeete |
5 March 2016 — 8 July 2017r |
3 |
Johnny Garton |
20 October 2018 — 8 March 2019 |
0 |
Chris Jenkins |
8 March 2019 — present |
2 |