England Boxing National Amateur Championships Featherweight Champions
Appearance
England Boxing National Amateur Championships Featherweight Champions | |
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Status | active |
Genre | Boxing |
Date(s) | - |
Country | - |
Inaugurated | 1881 |
Organised by | England Boxing |
The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Featherweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship.[1] It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.
History
The featherweight division was inaugurated in 1881 and is currently contested in the under-57 Kg weight division. The championships are highly regarded in the boxing world and seen as the most prestigious national amateur championships.[2]
Past Winners
Year | Winner | Club |
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1881 | Tom Hill[3] | (Birmingham ABC) |
1882 | Tom Hill | (Birmingham ABC) |
1883 | Tom Hill | (Birmingham ABC) |
1884 | E. Hutchings[4] | (19th Middlesex Rifles) |
1885 | James Pennell | (Manchester ABC) |
1886 | Thomas J. McNeil | (Cestus ABC) |
1887 | James Pennell | (Manchester ABC) |
1888 | J. E. Taylor | (St James ABC) |
1889 | Thomas J. McNeil | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1890 | George Frederick Belsey[5] | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1891 | Fred Curtis[6] | (Stanhope ABC) |
1892 | Fred Curtis | (Stanhope ABC) |
1893 | Tom F. Davidson | (Stanhope ABC) |
1894 | Richard Gunn[7] | (Vandom ABC) |
1895 | Richard Gunn | (Lynn & Vandom ABC) |
1896 | Richard Gunn | (Lynn ABC) |
1897 | Natty Smith | (Anchor ABC) |
1898 | Percy A. Lunn | (Belsize ABC) |
1899 | John L. Scholes | (Athenaeum Club, Toronto, Canada) |
1900 | Dick Lee[8] | (Stanhope ABC) |
1901 | Chris G. Clarke[9] | (Lynn ABC) |
1902 | Chris G. Clarke | (Lynn ABC) |
1903 | James Godfrey | (Columbia ABC) |
1904 | Charley Morris | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1905 | Harry Holmes[10] | (17th Middlesex Rifles) |
1906 | Arthur J. Miner[11] | (Lynn ABC) |
1907 | Charley Morris | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1908 | Tom Ringer | (Lynn ABC) |
1909 | Alex H. Lambert | (Belgrave Harriers ABC) |
1910 | Con Houghton | (Northampton Institute ABC) |
1911 | Harry Bowers | (St. Pancras ABC) |
1912 | George Baker[12] | (Hendon ABC) |
1913 | George Baker | (Hendon ABC) |
1914 | George Baker | (Hendon ABC) |
1915-18 | Not held | |
1919 | George Baker[13] | (Hendon ABC) |
1920 | John Fleming[14] | (United Scottish BC) |
1921 | George Baker[15] | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1922 | Ernie Swash[16] | (Clapton Federation ABC) |
1923 | Ernie Swash[17] | (Clapton Federation ABC) |
1924 | Arthur Beavis | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1925 | Arthur Beavis[18] | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1926 | Ralph Minshull[19] | (South Africa) |
1927 | Fred Webster[20] | (St. Pancras ABC) |
1928 | Freddie Meachem[21] | (Civil Service ABC) |
1929 | Freddie Meachem[22] | (Civil Service ABC) |
1930 | Jack W. Duffield[23] | (Lynn ABC) |
1931 | Benny Caplan[24] | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1932 | Harry Mizler[25] | (Oxford & St Georges ABC) |
1933 | Johnny C. Walters[26] | (Polytechnic Boxing Club) |
1934 | Jackie Treadaway[27] | (Battersea & Shexgar ABC) |
1935 | Edward Ryan | (Lynn ABC) |
1936 | Jackie Treadaway | (Battersea & Shexgar ABC) |
1937 | Alfred Harper[28] | (Aston ABC) |
1938 | Cyril Gallie[29] | (Cardiff Gas BC) |
1939 | Cyril Gallie[30] | (Cardiff Gas BC) |
1940-42 | Not held | |
1943 | Douglas L. Sullivan | (CAV AA and Slough Centre ABC) |
1944 | Douglas L. Sullivan | (Slough Centre ABC) |
1945 | John Carter[31] | (Royal Air Force) |
1946 | Peter Brander[32] | (Slough Centre ABC) |
1947 | Selwyn Evans | (Newbridge ABC) |
1948 | Peter Brander[33] | (Slough Centre ABC) |
1949 | Henry Gilliland | (Kilmarnock BC) |
1950 | Peter Brander | (Slough Centre ABC) |
1951 | Jim Travers[34] | (Landsowne BC) |
1952 | Percy Lewis[35] | (Royal Air Force) |
1953 | Percy Lewis[36] | (Oxford YMCA ABC) |
1954 | Dave Charnley[37] | (Fitzroy Lodge ABC) |
1955 | Tommy Nicholls[38] | (Sankeys ABC) |
1956 | Tommy Nicholls[39] | (Sankeys ABC) |
1957 | Malcolm Collins[40] | (Melingriffith ABC) |
1958 | Malcolm Collins[41] | (Melingriffith ABC) |
1959 | George Judge[42] | (NB Loco ABC) |
1960 | Phil Lundgren[43] | (Fisher ABC) |
1961 | Peter Cheevers[44] | (Fisher ABC) |
1962 | William Wilson[45] | (Monteagle ABC) |
1963 | Anthony Riley[46] | (Rootes ABC) |
1964 | Ronald Smith | (Fisher ABC) |
1965 | Ken Buchanan[47] | (Sparta ABC) |
1966 | Hugh Baxter | (Kelvin ABC) |
1967 | Ken Cooper | (Kyrle Hall ABC) |
1968 | Johnny Cheshire | (Repton ABC) |
1969 | Alan Richardson | (White Rose ABC) |
1970 | Robin Polak | (Clifton ABC) |
1971 | Tommy Wright | (Plant Works ABC) |
1972 | Kirkland Laing | (Clifton ABC) |
1973 | John Lynch | (Kensington ABC) |
1974 | George Gilbody | (Golden Gloves ABC) |
1975 | Ricky Beaumont | (Hull Fish Trades ABC) |
1976 | Pat Cowdell | (Warley ABC) |
1977 | Pat Cowdell | (Warley ABC) |
1978 | Moss O'Brien | (Repton ABC) |
1979 | Peter Hanlon | (Gloucester ABC) |
1980 | Mohammed Hanif | (Stockton ABC) |
1981 | Peter Hanlon | (Gloucester ABC) |
1982 | Herman Henry | (St Pancras ABC) |
1983 | Peter Bradley | (Holyrood ABC) |
1984 | Kevin Taylor | (Middleton & Rochdale ABC) |
1985 | Floyd Havard | (Penyrheol BC) |
1986 | Paul Hodkinson | (Kirkby ABC) |
1987 | Peter English | (Gallagher Boys ABC) |
1988 | David Anderson | (Bellahouston BC) |
1989 | Peter Richardson | (Philip Thomas School of Boxing ABC) |
1990 | Brian Carr | (Auchengeich BC) |
1991 | Jon Jo Irwin | (Tom Hill ABC) |
1992 | Alan Temple | (Hartlepool Boys Welfare ABC) |
1993 | Jason Cook | (Maesteg BC) |
1994 | Dean Pithie | (Willenhall ABC) |
1995 | David Burrows | (Bench Hill ABC) |
1996 | Anthony Mulholland | (Gemini ABC) |
1997 | Steven Bell | (Luverlite ABC) |
1998 | Dazzo Williams | (Army) |
1999 | Scott Miller | (St. Paul's ABC) |
2000 | Henry Castle | (Salisbury City ABC) |
2001 | Steven Bell | (Nichol's Police ABC) |
2002 | David Mulholland | (Salisbury ABC) |
2003 | Kevin Mitchell | (West Ham ABC) |
2004 | David Mulholland | (Salisbury ABC) |
2005 | Nick McDonald | (Vauxhall Motors ABC) |
2006 | Stephen Smith | (Rotunda ABC) |
2007 | Stephen Smith | (Rotunda ABC) |
2008 | Bradley Evans | (Steven ABC) |
2009 | Iain Weaver | (Golden Ring) |
2010 | Martin Ward | (Repton) |
2011 | Mitchell Smith | (Welwyn Garden City ABC) |
2012 | Qais Ashfaq | (Meanwood ABC) |
2013 | Reece Bellotti | (South Oxhey ABC) |
2014 | Qais Ashfaq | (Burmantofts) |
2015 | Calum French | (Birtley) |
2016 | Peter McGrail | (Everton Red Triangle) |
2017 | Louie Lynn | (Nemesis) |
2018 | Brad Strand | (Everton Red Triangle) |
2019 | Ibrahim Nadim | (Bury) |
2020 | cancelled due to COVID 19.[48] | |
2021 | Billy Adams[49] | (Dagenham) |
2022 | Jack Dryden[50] | (Birtley) |
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