England Boxing National Amateur Championships Heavyweight Champions

The England Boxing National Amateur Championships Heavyweight Championship formerly known as the ABA Championships is the primary English amateur boxing championship.[2] It had previously been contested by all the nations of the United Kingdom.

England Boxing National Amateur Championships
Heavyweight Champions
Statusactive
GenreBoxing
Date(s)-
Country-
Inaugurated1881[1]
Organised byEngland Boxing
Events at the
England Boxing National Amateur Championships
Light-FlyweightFlyweight
BantamweightFeatherweight
LightweightLight-Welterweight
WelterweightLight-Middleweight
MiddleweightLight-Heavyweight
CruiserweightHeavyweight
Super-Heavyweight
Walter Edgeworth-Johnstone 1895 and 1896 champion
Frank Parks 1899, 1901, 1902, 1905 and 1906 champion

History

The heavyweight division is the newest division only being inaugurated in 1998 and is currently contested in the under-91 Kg weight division. The championships are highly regarded in the boxing world and seen as the most prestigious national amateur championships.[3][4]

Past Winners
Year Winner Club Notes
2021Patrick Brown[5]Moss Side Fire
2020cancelled due to COVID 19.[6]
2019Natty NgwenyaArmy
2018Lewis WilliamsCleary's ABC
2017Cheavon ClarkeGravesham ABC
2016Cheavon ClarkeGravesham ABC
2015Ricardo SlueFitzroy Lodge ABC
2014Warren BaisterSunderland ABC
2013Greg BridetHeart of Portsmouth ABC
2012Simon BarclayCorby ABC
2011Ben IleyemiFinchley ABC
2010Danny PriceScarborough ABC
2009Chris KeanePleck ABC
2008Warren BaisterSunderland ABC
2007Danny PriceWestway ABC
2006Tony BellewRotunda ABC
2005Tony BellewRotunda ABC
2004Tony BellewRotunda ABC
2003Mick O'ConnellRoyal Navy
2002David DolanPlains Farm ABC
2001David DolanPlains Farm ABC
2000David DolanPlains Farm ABC
1999Stuart St. JohnBerry Boys ABC
1998Neil HoskinsRoyal Air Force
1997Blue StevensPinehurst Star ABC
1996Anthony OakleyLeigh Park ABC
1995Mathew EllisBlackpool ABC
1994Steve BurfordArmy
1993Paul LawsonRepton ABC
1992Scott WelchHove ABC
1991Paul LawsonRepton ABC
1990Keith InglisTunbridge Wells ABC
1989Henry AkinwandeLynn ABC
1988Henry AkinwandeLynn ABC
1987James MoranAustin ABC
1986Eric CardouzaKingsthorpe ABC
1985Harold HyltonViking ABC
1984Doug YoungHawick ABC
1983Horace NoticeNechells ABC
1982Harold HyltonBrockworth Viking ABC
1981Adrian ElliottFairburn House ABC
1980Frank BrunoSir Phillip Game ABC
1979Andy PalmerGolden Gloves ABC
1978Julius AwomeWorking ABC
1977Glenn AdairBarnstaple ABC
1976John RaffertyMonkland ABC
1975Gregory McEwanRum Runners ABC
1974Neville MeadeRoyal Air Force
1973Garfield McEwanKyrle Hall ABC
1972Tim WoodBelgrave ABC
1971Les StevensReading ABC
1970Jim GilmourSighthill ABC
1969Alan BurtonCaius ABC
1968William WellsLynn ABC
1967Peter BoddingtonRootes ABC
1966Anthony BroganBarnstaple ABC
1965William WellsWandsworth ABC
1964Colin WoodhouseWandsworth ABC
1963Robert SandersRoyal Navy
1962Rae DrydenRoyal Navy
1961Billy WalkerWest Ham ABC
1960Len HobbsArmy
1959Dave ThomasPolytechnic ABC
1958Dave ThomasPolytechnic ABC
1957Dave ThomasPolytechnic ABC
1956Dave RentMaple Leaf ABC
1955Dennis RoweGlamorgan Police
1954Brian HarperRoyal Air Force
1953Joe ErskineArmy
1952Eddie HearnBattersea ABC
1951Albert HalseyKyrle Hall ABC
1950Peter TochArmy
1949LCpl Anthony Worrall[7]Army
1948Jack GardnerArmy
1947George ScrivenDownham Community ABC
1946Pat FloydPolytechnic ABC
1945George ScottNottingham City Police & APTC ABC
1944Mark HartRoyal Air Force
1943George PrestonBattersea ABC
1939Jock PorterColchester City ABC
1938George PrestonBattersea ABC
1937Anthony StuartLondon Fire Brigade ABC
1936Anthony StuartLondon Fire Brigade ABC
1935Pat FloydBattersea & The Times ABC
1934Pat FloydBattersea & The Times ABC
1933Con O'GradyLondon City Police ABC
1932Anthony StuartLondon Fire Brigade ABC
1931Matt FlanaganDublin Civic Guards ABC
1930Anthony StuartRoyal Corps of Signals
1929Pat FloydBattersea ABC
1928James O'DriscollDublin Civic Guards ABC
1927Lieut Charles Francis Capper[8]Royal Artillery
1926Thyge PetersenDenmark
1925Lieut Dudley Lister (MC)[9]I.S.B.A
1924Arthur CliftonPLA Police ABC
1923Eddie EaganOxford University ABC
1922Tom Evans[10]Amman Valley ABC
1921Ronald RawsonPolytechnic ABC
1920Ronald RawsonPolytechnic ABC
1919Hugh Brown[11]Belsize ABC
1914Ernest Chandler[12]Stock Exchange ABC
1913Dick Smith[13]Metropolitan Police ABC
1912Dick SmithMetropolitan Police ABC
1911Bill Hazell[14]City Police ABC
1910Fred StorbeckSouth Africa
1909C. BrownVictoria ABC
1908Syd EvansReading ABC
1907Harold Brewer[15]Polytechnic ABC
1906Fred ParksPolytechnic ABC
1905Fred ParksPolytechnic ABC
1904Archibald Herbert Horner[16]Belsize ABC
1903Edward Dickson[17]Edinburgh Harriers GC
1902Fred ParksPolytechnic ABC
1901Fred ParksPolytechnic ABC
1900William J. DeesGoldsmith Institute ABC
1899Fred ParksPolytechnic ABC
1898Geoff TownsendGoldsmith Institute ABC
1897Geoff TownsendGoldsmith Institute ABC
1896Walter Edgeworth-JohnstoneRoyal Irish Regiment
1895Walter Edgeworth-JohnstoneRoyal Irish Regiment
1894Horace King[18]Belsize ABC
1893Joe SteersMiddleton ABC
1892Joe SteersMiddleton ABC
1891Val BarkerBelsize ABC
1890Joe SteersLondon ABC
1889Alfred Bowman[19]Royal Victor ABC
1888Bill J KingBelsize ABC
1887Edward WhiteBelle Sauvage AAC
1886Anthony DiamondBirmingham ABC
1885William West[20]Northampton ABC
1884Henry Thomas DearsleySt. James ABC
1883Henry Thomas DearsleyThames ABC
1882Henry Thomas DearsleySt. James ABC
1881Robert Frost-Smith+Clapton ABC

+ Reported as Richard Frost-Smith on England Boxing website but believed to be Robert Frost-Smith.

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