List of Australasian boxing champions
This list of Australasian boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the Australasian Professional Championship. The title has been strictly administered by the Australian National Boxing Federation, New Zealand Professional Boxing Association and New Zealand National Boxing Federation. A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as a world title. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear. This title is highly unrepresented as the boxing records keeping website BoxRec, does not have an official list for this title. This title is not to be confused with the Australasian titles that are sanctioned by International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Foundation or World Boxing Union.
Bantamweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Wenand |
1 |
10 October 1910 |
1 |
Super Bantamweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Wehbee |
1 |
8 May 1992 |
0 |
Featherweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnnie Leckie |
1 |
11 August 1928 – 5 September 1928 |
0 |
|
Tommy Barber |
1 |
5 September 1928 |
0 |
|
Tommy Crowle |
1 |
26 December 1929 |
0 |
|
Toro George |
1 |
27 March 1969 |
0 |
|
Paul Ferreri |
1 |
22 November 1984 |
0 |
|
Tony Miller |
1 |
9 February 1989 |
0 |
|
Tony Wehbee |
1 |
8 June 2001 |
0 |
Super Featherweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Talbot |
1 |
14 November 1980 |
1 |
|
Tony Miller |
1 |
9 June 1985 |
0 |
Lightweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Hall |
1 |
23 December 1887 |
0 |
|
Billy Grime |
1 |
24 April 1926 |
0 |
|
Charlie Purdy |
1 |
10 March 1928 |
0 |
|
Vic Patrick |
Retired 1948. |
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Jack Hassen |
1 |
19 September 1949 – 5 October 1951 |
Winning vacant title following the retirement of champion Vic Patrick against Archie Kemp (who died in hospital the next day). Losing to Frank Flannery. |
|
Frank Flannery |
5 October 1951 – 8 May 1953 |
Winning against Jack Hassen. Losing to Pat Ford. |
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Pat Ford |
8 May 1953 |
Winning against Frank Flannery. |
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Hector Thompson |
1 |
26 February 1973 |
0 |
Winning against Manny Santos |
Scott Brouwer |
1 |
19 March 1993 |
0 |
Super Lightweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Manny Santos |
1 |
14 February 1972 |
0 |
|
Jeff Malcolm |
1 |
6 October 1977 – 16 February 1978 |
1 |
Winning vacant title against Mark Apai |
Hector Thompson |
1 |
16 February 1978 |
0 |
|
Barry Michael |
1 |
16 February 1983 |
0 |
Welterweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wally Hancock |
1 |
30 May 1932 |
0 |
|
Vic Patrick |
1 |
4 November 1944 – 27 April 1946 |
1 |
|
Bos Murphy |
1 |
27 April 1946 |
0 |
|
Rocky Mattioli |
1 |
12 July 1973 – 14 February 1975 |
1 |
Winning vacant title against Pongi Lie |
Ali Afakasi |
1 |
14 February 1975 – 15 July 1976 |
3 |
|
Hector Thompson |
1 |
15 July 1976 |
0 |
|
Ali Afakasi |
2 |
8 September 1977 |
0 |
|
Julian Holland |
1 |
30 July 1998 |
0 |
Super Welterweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wally Carr |
1 |
12 July 1976 |
0 |
Middleweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Uren |
1 |
1 January 1920 |
0 |
|
Jack Haines |
1 |
27 September 1930 |
0 |
|
Pran Mikus |
1 |
6 January 1955 |
0 |
|
Clive Stewart |
1 |
4 July 1960 |
0 |
|
Reg Hayes |
1 |
14 September 1963 – 10 March 1964 |
1 |
|
Earl Nikora |
1 |
10 March 1964 |
0 |
|
[...] Blair |
1 |
19 May 1969 |
0 |
|
Monty Betham |
1 |
11 February 1979 |
3 |
Retired in 1982 |
Ritchie Roberts |
1 |
20 December 1983 |
0 |
|
Mark Janssen |
1 |
7 July 1986 |
0 |
|
Craig Trotter |
1 |
30 October 1992 |
0 |
|
Ian McLeod |
1 |
14 December 2002 |
0 |
Super Middleweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Thornberry |
1 |
19 July 1996 |
1 |
|
David Toussaint |
1 |
1 April 2016 |
0 |
|
Faris Chevalier |
1 |
10 September 2016 |
0 |
Light Heavyweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Cripps |
1 |
24 August 1909 |
0 |
|
Dave Sands |
1 |
31 March 1952 |
0 |
|
Steve Aczel |
1 |
25 June 1974 |
0 |
|
Tony Mundine |
1 |
15 December 1980 – 19 May 1984 |
1 |
|
Alex Sua |
1 |
19 May 1984 |
0 |
|
Jeff Harding |
1 |
25 September 1987 |
0 |
|
John Marceta |
1 |
3 November 1995 |
0 |
|
Anthony Bigeni |
1 |
14 July 1996 |
0 |
Cruiserweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Sua |
1 |
17 February 1983 |
0 |
|
Apollo Sweet |
1 |
24 May 1989 |
1 |
|
Aaron Russell |
1 |
3 December 2016 – 9 September 2017 |
1 |
Stripped of title when lost by TKO in a Non-title bout |
Benjamin Kelleher |
1 |
2 December 2017 – Present |
0 |
Heavyweight
Name |
Reign |
Duration of reign |
Defences |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Harold Hardwick |
1 |
14 September 1915 |
0 |
|
Jim Tracey |
1 |
22 March 1920 |
0 |
|
Jimmy Clabby |
1 |
25 August 1920 |
0 |
|
George Cook |
1 |
17 December 1920 |
0 |
|
Colin Bell |
1 |
17 March 1922 |
0 |
|
Alan Campbell |
1 |
30 July 1931 – 2 May 1932 |
2 |
|
Ambrose Palmer |
1 |
2 May 1932 |
0 |
|
George Mahoni |
1 |
1 May 1961 |
1 |
|
August Tanuvasa |
1 |
25 November 1987 – 7 October 1988 |
1 |
|
Kevin Barry |
1 |
7 October 1988 |
0 |
|
Dean Waters |
1 |
25 January 1989 |
0 |
|
Craig Petersen |
1 |
21 March 1992 |
0 |
|
Jimmy Thunder |
1 |
14 June 1992 |
0 |
|
Craig Petersen |
2 |
25 September 1993 |
0 |
|
Shane Cameron |
1 |
29 April 2005 |
0 |
See also
- List of Australian heavyweight boxing champions
- List of Australian cruiserweight boxing champions
- List of Australian middleweight boxing champions
- List of Australian female boxing champions
- List of New Zealand female boxing champions
- List of New Zealand heavyweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand light heavyweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super middleweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand middleweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super welterweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand welterweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super lightweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand lightweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand super featherweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand featherweight boxing champions
- List of New Zealand bantamweight boxing champions