Name
|
Duration of reign
|
Defences
|
Jack Palmer
|
18 December 1905 – 29 October 1906
|
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
|
14
|
Joe Beckett
|
27 February 1919s
|
0
|
Frank Goddard
|
26 May 1919 – 17 June 1919
|
1
|
Joe Beckett
|
17 June 1919 – 14 May 1923r
|
4
|
Frank Goddard
|
21 November 1923 – 18 March 1926
|
2
|
Phil Scott
|
18 March 1926 – 30 April 1926r
|
1
|
Reggie Meen
|
16 November 1931 – 12 July 1932
|
1
|
Jack Petersen
|
12 July 1932 – 30 November 1933
|
3
|
Len Harvey
|
30 November 1933 – 4 June 1934
|
1
|
Jack Petersen
|
4 June 1934 – 17 August 1936
|
4
|
Ben Foord
|
17 August 1936 – 15 March 1937
|
1
|
Tommy Farr
|
15 March 1937r
|
0
|
Len Harvey
|
1 December 1938r
|
0
|
Jack London
|
15 September 1944 – 17 July 1945
|
1
|
Bruce Woodcock
|
17 July 1945 – 14 November 1950
|
2
|
Jack Gardner
|
14 November 1950 – 11 March 1952
|
1
|
Johnny Williams
|
11 March 1952 – 12 May 1953
|
1
|
Don Cockell
|
12 May 1953r
|
0
|
Joe Erskine
|
27 August 1956 – 3 June 1958
|
2
|
Brian London
|
3 June 1958 – 12 January 1959
|
1
|
Henry Cooper
|
12 January 1959 – 7 November 1967r
|
8
|
Jack Bodell
|
13 October 1969 – 24 March 1970
|
1
|
Henry Cooper
|
24 March 1970 – 16 March 1971
|
1
|
Joe Bugner
|
16 March 1971 – 27 September 1971
|
1
|
Jack Bodell
|
27 September 1971 – 27 June 1972
|
1
|
Danny McAlinden
|
27 June 1972 – 13 January 1975
|
1
|
Bunny Johnson
|
13 January 1975 – 30 September 1975
|
1
|
Richard Dunn
|
30 September 1975 – 12 October 1976
|
2
|
Joe Bugner
|
12 October 1976r
|
0
|
John L. Gardner
|
24 October 1978 – 26 June 1979r
|
1
|
Gordon Ferris
|
30 March 1981 – 12 October 1981
|
1
|
Neville Meade
|
12 October 1981 – 22 September 1983
|
1
|
David Pearce
|
22 September 1983r
|
0
|
Hughroy Currie
|
18 September 1985 – 12 April 1986
|
1
|
Horace Notice
|
12 April 1986 – 9 March 1988r
|
3
|
Gary Mason
|
18 January 1989 – 6 March 1991
|
2
|
Lennox Lewis
|
6 March 1991 – 30 April 1992r
|
2
|
Herbie Hide
|
27 February 1993r
|
0
|
James Oyebola
|
19 November 1994 – 27 October 1995
|
1
|
|
|
|
Scott Welch
|
27 October 1995r
|
0
|
Julius Francis
|
27 September 1997 – 13 March 2000
|
4
|
Mike Holden
|
13 March 2000r
|
0
|
Danny Williams
|
21 October 2000 – 24 January 2004
|
5
|
Michael Sprott
|
24 January 2004 – 24 April 2004
|
1
|
Matt Skelton
|
24 April 2004 – 10 December 2005r
|
3
|
Scott Gammer
|
16 June 2006 – 2 March 2007
|
2
|
Danny Williams
|
2 March 2007 – 15 May 2010
|
3
|
Derek Chisora
|
15 May 2010 – 23 July 2011
|
1
|
Tyson Fury
|
23 July 2011 – 8 February 2012r
|
0
|
David Price
|
19 May 2012 – 5 December 2013r
|
2
|
Tyson Fury
|
30 November 2014 – 28 November 2015r
|
0
|
Anthony Joshua
|
12 December 2015 – 9 April 2016r
|
0
|
Dillian Whyte
|
7 October 2016 – 12 January 2017r
|
0
|
Sam Sexton
|
6 October 2017 – 12 May 2018
|
1
|
Hughie Fury
|
12 May 2018 – 22 March 2019r
|
0
|
Daniel Dubois
|
13 July 2019 – 28 November 2020
|
1
|
Joe Joyce
|
28 November 2020 – 15 July 2022r
|
0
|
Fabio Wardley
|
26 November 2022 – present
|
0
|