Commonwealth Lightweight Champion
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Lightweight champion as recognized by the Commonwealth Boxing Council.
- The maximum weight for this division is 135 pounds (61.2 kg or 9 stone 9 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: Commonwealth Lightweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie Welsh | 1912 Dec 16 | 1914 Jan 26V | 0 |
| 2 | Al Foreman | 1930 May 21 | 1933 Apr 24 | 2 |
| 3 | Jimmy Kelso | 1933 Apr 24 | 1933 May 22 | 0 |
| 4 | Al Foreman (2) | 1933 May 22 | 1934 Jun 29R | 1 |
| 5 | Laurie Stevens | 1936 Jan 11 | 1937 Jan 17S | 0 |
| 6 | Arthur King | 1948 Oct 1 | 1950 May 22S | 0 |
| 7 | Frank Johnson | 1953 Jan 23 | 1953 Aug 28 | 0 |
| 8 | Pat Ford | 1953 Aug 28 | 1954 Apr 9 | 1 |
| 9 | Ivor Kid Germain | 1954 Apr 9 | 1954 Jul 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Pat Ford (2) | 1954 Jul 2 | 1954 Feb 2V | 0 |
| 11 | Johnny van Rensburg | 1955 Feb 12 | 1956 Jun 16 | 3 |
| 12 | Willie Toweel | 1956 Jun 15 | 1959 May 12 | 4 |
| 13 | Dave Charnley | 1959 May 12 | 1962 Aug 4 | 1 |
| 14 | Bunny Grant | 1962 Aug 4 | 1967 Mar 15 | 1 |
| 15 | Manny Santos | 1967 Mar 15 | 1967 Apr 17R | 0 |
| 16 | Love Allotey | 1967 Oct 7 | 1968 Jul 28 | 0 |
| 17 | Percy Hayles | 1968 Jul 27 | 1974 Dec 1V | 4 |
| 18 | Jonathan Dele | 1975 May 3 | 1977 Oct 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Lennox Blackmoore | 1977 Oct 1 | 1978 Oct 24 | 0 |
| 20 | Hogan Jimoh | 1978 Oct 28 | 1980 Dec 7 | 1 |
| 21 | Langton Tinago | 1980 Dec 7 | 1981 May 6 | 1 |
| 22 | Barry Michael | 1981 May 6 | 1982 Jul 22 | 2 |
| 23 | Claude Noel | 1982 Jul 22 | 1984 Nov 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Graeme Brooke | 1984 Nov 2 | 1985 Feb 22 | 0 |
| 25 | Barry Michael (2) | 1985 Feb 22 | 1985 Jul 12V | 0 |
| 26 | Langton Tinago (2) | 1986 Aug 23 | 1987 Mar 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Mo Hussein | 1987 Mar 4 | 1989 Jan 25 | 3 |
| 28 | Pat Doherty | 1989 Jan 25 | 1989 May 31 | 0 |
| 29 | Najib Daho | 1989 May 31 | 1990 Mar 21 | 1 |
| 30 | Carl Crook | 1990 Mar 21 | 1992 Oct 28 | 5 |
| 31 | Billy Schwer | 1992 Oct 28 | 1993 Feb 24 | 0 |
| 32 | Paul Burke | 1993 Feb 24 | 1993 Nov 10 | 0 |
| 33 | Billy Schwer (2) | 1993 Nov 10 | 1995 Nov 25 | 4 |
| 34 | David Tetteh | 1995 Nov 25 | 1996 Oct 11 | 0 |
| 35 | Billy Irwin | 1996 Oct 11 | 1997 Mar 4 | 0 |
| 36 | David Tetteh (2) | 1997 Mar 4 | 1999 Apr 1S | 1 |
| 37 | Bobby Vanzie | 1999 May 28 | 2001 Feb 3 | 5 |
| 38 | James Armah | 2001 Feb 3 | 2002 Sept 1S | 0 |
| 39 | David Burke | 2002 Sept 7 | 2002 Dec 7V | 0 |
| 40 | Michael Muya | 2003 Mar 29 | 2003 Nov 8 | 0 |
| 41 | Kevin Bennett | 2003 Nov 8 | 2005 Jun 19 | 0 |
| 42 | Graham Earl | 2005 Jun 19 | 2006 Oct 28V | 0 |
| 43 | Willie Limond | 2006 Nov 4 | 2007 Jul 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Amir Khan | 2007 Jul 14 | 2009 Jun 5V | 4 |
| 45 | Lee McAllister | 2009 Jun 19 | 2012 Feb 25V | 2 |
| 46 | George Ashie | 2012 Apr 14 | 2012 Nov 10S | 0 |
| 47 | Derry Mathews | 2013 Jul 13 | 2014 May 4S | 1 |
| 48 | Richard Commey | 2014 Jul 12 | 2015 Oct 10S | 1 |
| 49 | Luke Campbell | 2016 Mar 26 | 2017 Mar 25V | 1 |
| 50 | Sean Dodd | 2017 Apr 22 | 2018 Apr 21 | 1 |
| 51 | Tommy Coyle | 2018 Apr 21 | 2018 Jul 1V | 0 |
| 52 | Joe Cordina | 2018 Aug 4 | 2020 Nov 12S | 2 |
| 53 | Gavin Gwynne | 2021 Feb 19 | 2022 Sept 17S | 2 |
| 54 | Sam Noakes | 2022 Nov 26 | 2025 Nov 22S | 3 |
| 55 | Louie O'Doherty | 2026 May 16 | Present | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated