The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1929. Honeyghan also showed himself to be a man of strong principles. He competed in arguably the greatest 135 pound division in boxing history and holds wins over such luminaries as Benny Leonard, Willie Ritchie, Ad Wolgast, Abe Attell, “Peerless” Jim Driscoll, Battling Nelson, “Mexican” Joe Rivers, and he twice drew with the clever Packey McFarland.

List of British heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British heavyweight title, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1929.

The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since 1929. The only site to list the top 15 ratings in the every weight division, including mandatories, boxer's records & country. My top 20 British Boxers of the 70s and 80s Boxing is my favorite sport not because it is a violent sport, I look at it more as an artistic sport. View the latest boxing rankings. A champion will voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such … SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT. Watching the classical boxer or the master boxer outclassing the slugger is always my favorites or watching 2 skilled master boxers having a great classical match with crisp accurate punches and great footwork and defense. List of British lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British lightweight championship. 140lbs/10st (junior welter by IBF, WBO) 1: Josh Taylor (GB), 16-0 2: Jose Ramirez (US), 25-0 3: Regis Prograis (US), 24-1 4: Ivan Baranchyk (Belarus), 20-1 5: Jose Zepeda (US), 31-2 (2NC) 6: Viktor Postol (Ukraine), 31-2 7: Maurice Hooker (US), 27-1-3 8: Mario Barrios (US), 25-0 9: Shojahon Ergashev (Uzbekistan), 18-0 10: Jack Catterall (GB), 25-0.

List of British super-lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British super-lightweight championship, the British Boxing Board of Control since 1978. LIGHTWEIGHT. List of British featherweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British featherweight championship. Honeyghan became only the second British boxer to regain a world title when he knocked out Vaca in a return match.