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Last updated on 2022-11-26

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British Empire / Commonwealth Middleweight Title
Empire and Commonwealth Championships Committee ( 1954 - 1972 )
Commonwealth Championships Committee ( 1972 - 1997 )
Commonwealth Boxing Council ( 1997 -   )
(as of 2024-09-21)

Kid Lewis (Ted Lewis)1922-06-19London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Frankie Burns.
Roland Todd1923-02-15Londong, ENG, GBR
Wins European, British Empire, and British titles; loses European Title on 24-11-30; stripped of the British Empire and British titles on 26-01-20 due to lack of defenses; may continue to claim the title but loses to Frank Moody on 27-02-16 in London, ENG.
Len Johnson1926-02-20Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Harry Collins; vacant in 26.
Tommy Milligan1926-07-12Londong, ENG, GBR
Defeats George West for the vacant European, British Empire, and British titles.
Alexander Ireland1928-03-14Edinburgh, SCT, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles; also defeats Frank Moody on 28-09-17 in Edinburgh, SCT, GBR.
Len Harvey1929-05-16London, ENG, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles.
Jock McAvoy1933-04-10Manchester, ENG, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles; vacates both titles in 39.
Ron Richards1940-02-26Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Fred Henneberry; retires in 45
Bos Murphy1948-01-26London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Vince Hawkins.
Dick Turpin1948-05-18Coventry, ENG, GBR
Dave Sands1949-09-06London, ENG, GBR
Also wins Australasia Light Heavywight Title on 52-03-31; passes away in an automobile accident on 52-08-11.
Randolph Turpin1952-10-21London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Georges Angelo; vacant in 52-11.
Al Bourke1952-12-12Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Defeats Ron Toohey; vacant in 54.
Johnny Sullivan1954-09-14London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Gordon Hazell for British Empire and British titles.
Pat McAteer1955-06-16Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles.
Dick Tiger1958-03-27Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR
Vacant in 59.
John McCormack1959-09-15London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Terry Downes for British and vacant British Empire titles.
Terry Downes1959-11-03London, ENG, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles; vacant in 60.
Wilf Greaves1960-06-22Edmonton, AB, CAN
Defeats Dick Tiger.
Dick Tiger [2]1960-11-30Edmonton, AB, CAN
Wins WBA World Title on 62-10-23.
Gomeo Brennan1963-10-22London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Mick Leahy.
Tuna Scanlan1964-03-14Auckland, NZL
Vacant in 64.
Gomeo Brennan [2]1964-11-12Auckland, NZL
Defeats Earl Nikora.
Blair Richardson1966-03-26Glace Bay, NS, CAN
Retires in 66.
Milo Calhoun1967-07-28Glace Bay, NS, CAN
Defeats Jim Meilleur.
Johnny Pritchett1967-10-09Manchester, ENG, GBR
Retires in 69.
Les McAteer1969-07-14Nottingham, ENG, GBR
Defeats Wally Swift for British Empire and British titles.
Mark Rowe1970-05-12London, ENG, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles.
Bunny Sterling1970-09-08London, ENG, GBR
Wins British Empire and British titles.
Tony Mundine1972-04-14Brisbane, QLD, AUS
Loses in WBA world title match on 74-10-05.
Monty Betham1975-07-24Wellington, NZL
Defeats Carlos Marks.
Al Korovou1978-03-17Suva, FIJ
Ayub Kalule1978-05-25Brondby, DEN
Wins WBA World Super Welterweight Title on 79-10-24.
Tony Sibson1980-03-04London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Chisanda Mutti; wins European Title on 80-12-08.
Roy Gumbs1983-02-08Dartmouth, NS, CAN
Defeats Ralph Hollett.
Mark Kaylor1983-09-14London, ENG, GBR
Wins Commonwealth and British titles.
Tony Sibson [2]1984-11-27London, ENG, GBR
Wins Commonwealth and British titles; retires on 88-02-07.
Nigel Benn1988-04-20London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Abdul Umaru Sanda.
Michael Watson1989-05-21London, ENG, GBR
Loses in WBO world title match on 91-06-22; retires later in the year.
Richie Woodhall1992-03-26Telford, ENG, GBR
Defeats Vito Gaudiosi; wins European Title on 95-02-22.
Robert McCracken1995-11-03Dudley, ENG, GBR
Defeats Fitzgerald Bruney; vacant in 97.
Johnson Tshuma1997-10-31London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Paul Jones.
Paul Jones1998-03-24London, ENG, GBR
Jason Matthews1999-02-27Oldham, ENG, GBR
Wins interim WBO World Title on 99-07-17.
Alain Bonnamie1999-10-05London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Adrian Dodson; vacant in 2000.
Sam Soliman2000-06-19Burton-on-Trent, ENG, GBR
Defeats Neville Brown.
Howard Eastman2000-09-16London, ENG, GBR
Vacant in 04.
James Obede Toney2004-07-03Accra, GHA
Defeats Ayitey Powers; vacant in 04.
Scott Dann2006-02-10Plymoth, ENG, GBR
Defeats Larry Sharpe; retires in 06.
Howard Eastman [2]2007-04-20Dudley, ENG, GBR
Defeats Evans Ashira; also holds British Title; stripped of Commonwealth Title on 07-09-28 when Eastman loses British Title.
Darren Barker2007-11-14London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Ben Crampton; vacant on 10-06-27.
Martin Murray2010-07-16Bolton, ENG, GBR
Defeats ; vacant in 11.
Billy Joe Saunders2012-04-28London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Tony Hill.
Tommy Langford2016-03-12Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR
Vacates on 16-11-28.
Sam Sheedy2017-04-28Sheffield, ENG, GBR
Defeats Rasheed Abolaji.
Liam Cameron2017-10-13Sheffield, ENG, GBR
Retires in 18.
Felix Cash2019-02-02London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Rasheed Abolaji; also wins British Title on 21-04-24; wins WBC International Title on 22-02-12.
Hamzah Sheeraz 2022-11-26 London, ENG, GBR
Also holds WBC Silver Title; also wins EBU European Title on 24-09-21.

Sources: BoxRec: Titles, various newspapers from The British Newspaper Archive, The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia, Wikipedia

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