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List of British lightweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British lightweight title. The title had been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club from 1909–1929 where they awarded the Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt until its later replacement by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) since.
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Pernell Whitaker becomes the undisputed champion of the lightweight division by winning the IBF title in February, 1989, and then defeating José Luis Ramírez for the vacant WBC title on August 20, 1989, and Juan Nazario for the WBA title on August 11, 1990. 1993-01-10 1994-02-19 Freddie Pendleton: IBF 1994-02-19 1995-05-06 Rafael Ruelas: IBF
The Lightweight Championship was known as the Bantamweight Championship prior to UFC 31 (May 4, 2001). The Strikeforce Lightweight Championship was unified (perhaps unofficially) with the UFC Lightweight Championship on April 20, 2013, when Benson Henderson defeated Gilbert Melendez at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez.
Freddie Welsh earned the first Lonsdale Belt in 1909 after winning the NSC British Lightweight title. Heavyweight Henry Cooper was the first and only boxer to win three Lonsdale Belts. In 1929 the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) assumed responsibility for awarding the belt, which continues to be bestowed on British champions.
1903-07-04. 1903-11-25. George Gardiner. World. The light-heavyweight division was not recognized outside North America until the Gardiner-Fitzsimmons title fight of November 1903. 1903-11-25. 1905-12-20. Bob Fitzsimmons. World.
1. Gunner Moir. 29 October 1906 – 19 April 1909. 2. William Hague. 19 April 1909 – 24 April 1911. 3. Bombardier Billy Wells. 24 April 1911 – 27 February 1919.
Gamache vacates the title to move up to lightweight. [156] 24 Genaro Hernández (def. Daniel Londas) 22 Nov 1991 – 13 Jul 1995 8 Hernandez was stripped of the title when he chose to challenge WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya instead of fighting his mandatory challenger. [157] 25 Choi Yong-soo (def. Víctor Hugo Paz) 21 Oct 1995 – 5 ...