Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
Australian champion, defeats English title claimant Frank Slavin; vacant most likely when Jackson starts fighting in USA from 93.
Dan Creedon
1896-01-27
London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Jem Smith.
Bill McColl
1903-03-03
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Tim Murphy
1905-09-09
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Bill Squires
1906-04-28
Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Billy Lang
1909-02-03
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Tommy Burns
1910-04-11
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Bill Lang to win the Empire and Australians titles; vacates the Empire title in 10-12.
Matthew Curran
1911-01-18
London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Bill Lang; vacant in 11-11.
Billy Wells
1911-12-18
London, ENG, GBR
British champion, defeats Fred Storbeck, billed as South African champion; Storbeck may be billed as Empire champion against Matthew Curran on 12-01-12 in Plymoth, ENG, GBR.
Joe Beckett
1919-02-27
London, ENG, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles; vacant in 24-08 upon retirement.
Wins British Empire and British titles; also wins European Title on 64-02-24 but is stripped of it on 64-09-27; vacates British Title after regaining European Title on 68-09-18; European title is vacant in 69-10 due to injury but Cooper regains it on 70-11-10.
Wins Commonwealth and British titles; vacates on 12-02-08 to focus on challenging for the world title.
David Price
2012-05-19
Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR
Defeats Sam Sexton for Commonwealth and British titles; vacates on 13-12-04 in order to "rebuild" after two defeats by Tony Thompson (Sky Sports, 13-12-04).
Lucas Browne
2014-04-26
Sheffield, ENG, GBR
Defeats Eric Martel Bahoeli; vacant on 15-09-12.
Anthony Joshua
2015-09-12
London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Gary Cornish; wins IBF World Title on 16-04-09.
Lenroy Thomas
2017-05-27
Sheffield, ENG, GBR
Defeats David Allen.
Joe Joyce
2018-05-05
London, ENG, GBR
Vacant on 19-08-11.
Daniel Dubois
2019-09-27
London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Ebenezer Tetteh to win vacant Commonwealth and WBO International Titles; also holds British Title; also wins WBC Silver Title on 19-12-21.
Joe Joyce
2020-11-28
London, ENG, GBR
Also wins British, WBO International, WBC Silver, and vacant European titles; wins WBO interim world title on 22-09-24; Kris Terzievski and Faiga Opelu fight for the vacant title to a draw on 23-03-25.
