English Champion Nickname Reign Begins Ends
James Figg 1719 1730 retires
Tom Pipes 1730
George Taylor The Barber 1735 1738
Jack Broughton 1738 1750
Jack Slack 1750 1760
William Stevens The Nailer 1760 1761
George Meggs The Collier 1761 1762
George Millsom 1762 1765
Tom Juchau The Disher 1765 1766
William Darts The Dyer 1766 1769
Tom Lyons The Waterman 1769 1769 retires
Peter Corcoran 1771 1776
Harry Sellers 1776 1780 vacated
Duggan Fearns - 1780 vacated
Tom Johnson 1784 1791
Benjamin Brain Big Ben 1791 1794 dies
Daniel Mendoza The Jew 1794 1795
John Jackson Gentleman 1795 1795 retires
Thomas Owen 1796 1797
Jack Bartholomew 1797 1800
Jem Belcher 1800 1803
"Hen" Pearce" The Game Chicken 1803 1806 retires
John Gully 1807 1808 retires
Tom Cribb 1809 1822 retires
Tom Spring The Light Tapper 1823 1824
Tom Cannon The Great Gun of Windsor 1824 1825
Jem Ward The Black Diamond 1825 1827
Peter Crawley Young Rump Steak 1827 1827 retires
Jem Ward 1828 1832
James Burke The Deaf 'un 1833 1839
William Thompson Bendigo 1839 1840
Ben Caunt 1840 1841
Nick Ward 1841 1841
Ben Caunt The Torkard Giant 1841 1845
William Thompson Bendigo 1845 1850 retires
William Perry The Tipton Slasher 1850 1851
Harry Broome 1851 1856
Tom Paddock Redditch Needlepointer 1856 1858
Tom Sayers The Brighton Boy 1858 1860 retires
Sam Hurst The Staleybridge Infant 1860 1861
Jem Mace The Gypsy 1861 1862
Tom King The Fighting Sailor 1862 1863 retires
Jem Mace The Gypsy 1866 1871 vacates