List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British light-heavyweight championship. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control since 1929.
A champion may retire or voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship. Where a champion relinquished the title, the date of his final defence is shown with “(rel)” after it. If he did not defend his title, then “(rel)” is shown after the date at which he won the title.
| Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Haugh | 9 June 1913 — 9 March 1914 | 2 |
| Dick Smith | 9 March 1914 — 10 October 1916 | 2 |
| Harry Reeve | 10 October 1916 (rel) | 0 |
| Dick Smith | 25 February 1918 (rel) | 0 |
| Noel (Boy) McCormick | 28 April 1919 (rel) | 0 |
| Jack Bloomfield | 01 May 1922 (rel) | 0 |
| Tom Berry | 9 March 1925 — 25 April 1927 | 1 |
| Gipsy Daniels | 25 April 1927 (rel) | 0 |
| Frank Moody | 27 November 1927 — 25 November 1929 | 1 |
| Harry Crossley | 25 November 1929 — 23 November 1932 | 1 |
| Jack Petersen | 23 May 1932 (rel) | 0 |
| Len Harvey | 13 June 1933 (rel) | 0 |
| Eddie Phillips | 4 February 1935 — 27 April 1937 | 1 |
| Jock McAvoy | 27 April 1937 — 7 April 1938 | 1 |
| Len Harvey | 7 April 1938 — 20 June 1942 | 2 |
| Freddie Mills | 20 June 1942 (rel) | 0 |
| Don Cockell | 17 October 1950 — 10 June 1952 | 2 |
| Randolph Turpin | 10 June 1952 (rel) | 0 |
| Dennis Powell | 26 March 1953 — 26 October 1953 | 1 |
| Alex Buxton | 26 October 1953 — 26 April 1955 | 2 |
| Randolph Turpin | 26 April 1955 (rel) | 0 |
| Ron Barton | 13 March 1956 (rel) | 0 |
| Randolph Turpin | 26 November 1956 — 11 June 1957 (rel) | 1 |
| Chic Calderwood | 28 January 1960 — 7 August 1963 (stripped of title) | 2 |
| Chic Calderwood | 11 November 1964 (killed in road accident) | 0 |
| John (Young) McCormack | 19 June 1967 — 13 January 1969 | 2 |
| Eddie Avoth | 13 January 1969 — 24 January 1971 | 2 |
| Chris Finnegan | 24 January 1971 — 22 May 1973 | 2 |
| John Conteh | 22 May 1973 — 21 May 1974 (retired) | 1 |
| Johnny Frankham | 3 June 1975 — 14 October 1975 | 1 |
| Chris Finnegan | 14 October 1975 (rel) | 0 |
| Tim Wood | 28 April 1976 — 8 March 1977 | 1 |
| Bunny Johnson | 8 March 1977 — 27 February 1980 (rel) | 3 |
| Tom Collins | 5 March 1982 — 26 January 1984 | 3 |
| Dennis Andries | 26 January 1984 — 10 September 1986 (rel) | 4 |
| Tom Collins | 11 March 1984 (rel) | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 15 December 1987 — 22 March 1989 | 3 |
| Tom Collins | 22 March 1989 (rel) | 0 |
| Steve McCarthy | 25 October 1990 (rel) | 0 |
| Crawford Ashley | 25 August 1991 — 25 April 1992 (rel) | 2 |
| Maurice Core | 28 September 1992 — 1 December 1993 (rel) | 1 |
| Crawford Ashley | 14 March 1998 — 13 March 1999 | 2 |
| Clinton Woods | 13 March 1999 (rel) | 0 |
| Neil Simpson | 22 April 2000 — 8 March 2003 | 2 |
| Peter Oboh | 8 March 2003 — 12 May 2004 (rel) | 1 |
| Tony Oakey | 18 May 2007 — 13 June 2008 | 3 |
| Dean Francis | 13 June 2008 (rel) | 0 |
| Nathan Cleverly | 18 July 2009 — present | 1 |
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