Name
|
Reign
|
Duration of reign
|
Title
|
Defences
|
Note
|
Barney Donovan
|
1
|
22 August 1885
|
New Zealand Title
|
2
|
Donovan last defence on 5 December 1885
|
Torpedo Billy Murphy
|
1
|
26 July 1887 – 24 November 1887
|
New Zealand Title
|
2
|
|
Ike Fake
|
1
|
24 November 1887
|
New Zealand Title
|
0
|
Fake never defended his title.
|
Torpedo Billy Murphy
|
2
|
23 June 1888 – 2 February 1889
|
New Zealand Title
|
3
|
|
Tommy Williams
|
1
|
2 February 1889
|
New Zealand Title
|
2
|
Williams last defence on 1 January 1890
|
Thomas Neagle
|
1
|
5 June 1891
|
New Zealand Title
|
0
|
Neagle never defended his title.
|
Jack Nicholson
|
1
|
25 May 1892 – 12 April 1893
|
New Zealand Title
|
1
|
|
Richard Campbell
|
1
|
12 April 1893
|
New Zealand Title
|
0
|
Campbell died of injuries sustained in the bout where he won this title.
|
Hock Keys[1]
|
1
|
20 September 1905
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Keys relinquished title when he returned to Australia later in 1905.
|
Jimmy Ross
|
1
|
10 August 1906
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
|
Bob Turner
|
1
|
29 November 1906
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Turner relinquished the title when he returned to Australia later in 1906.
|
Tim Tracey
|
1
|
10 May 1907 – 14 October 1908
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
5
|
|
Bob Rollo
|
1
|
14 October 1908
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Rollo relinquished the title when he returned to Australia later in 1908.
|
Tim Tracey
|
2
|
28 January 1909 – 18 August 1909
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
3
|
|
Rudy Unholz
|
1
|
18 August 1909
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Unholz never defended his title.
|
Tim Tracey
|
3
|
25 September 1909 – 22 September 1911
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
6
|
|
Billy Hannan
|
1
|
22 September 1911 – 9 November 1911
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Tim Tracey
|
4
|
9 November 1911 – 11 December 1911
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
|
Alf Gault
|
1
|
11 December 1911 – 3 June 1912
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
|
Peter Cook
|
1
|
3 June 1912 – 21 August 1912
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Len Porter
|
1
|
21 August 1912 – 11 December 1912
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
3
|
|
Jimmy Hagerty
|
1
|
11 December 1912 – 31 January 1913
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Lyn Truscott
|
1
|
31 January 1913
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Truscott never defended his title.
|
Jimmy Hagerty
|
2
|
12 February 1913 – 3 June 1913
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
|
Len Porter
|
2
|
3 June 1913 – 1913
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Porter stripped of title by NZBA later in 1913.
|
Jimmy Hagerty
|
3
|
12 August 1913 – 1914
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
4
|
Hagerty relinquished title. Cook was named Champion by NZBA later in 1914
|
Peter Cook
|
2
|
1914 – 2 November 1915
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
5
|
|
Matt James
|
1
|
2 November 1915
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
James retires in 1919, vacating the title.
|
Gus Venn
|
1
|
5 May 1920 – 30 December 1920
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
Venn was award the title due to the vacant title opponent was overweight.
|
Jack Keenan
|
1
|
30 December 1920 – 26 March 1921
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Frank O'Neill
|
1
|
26 March 1921 – 10 November 1921
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Les Murray
|
1
|
10 November 1921 – 1926
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
5
|
Murray relinquished title in 1926.
|
Charlie Purdy
|
1
|
1927
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Purdy who was awarded the title in 1927, had relinquished it without defending that same year.
|
Hector Leckie
|
1
|
4 October 1929 – 26 January 1931
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Harry Johns
|
1
|
26 January 1931 – 3 October 1932
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
Johns died of injuries sustained in his last defence.
|
Archie Hughes
|
1
|
3 October 1932 – 24 April 1933
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
|
Ted Oxley
|
1
|
24 April 1933 – 3 March 1934
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
|
Joe Franklin
|
1
|
3 March 1934 – 15 September 1934
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Franklin stripped of title by NZBA September 15, 1934
|
Joe Franklin
|
2
|
14 December 1934 – 1915
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Franklin retired in 1935, vacating the title.
|
Jack Jarvis
|
1
|
31 August 1935 – 13 August 1938
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
5
|
|
Clarrie Rayner
|
1
|
13 August 1938 – 23 October 1939
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
4
|
|
Jack Jarvis
|
2
|
23 October 1939 – 1945
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
Jarvis retired in 1945, vacating his titles.
|
Percy Kelly
|
1
|
8 December 1945 – 1 April 1946
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Young Jim Griffin
|
1
|
1 April 1946 – 28 May 1948
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Griffin retired May 28, 1948, vacating the title.
|
Percy Kelly
|
2
|
16 November 1948 – September 1951
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
Kelly retired September 1951, vacating the title.
|
Syd Stevens
|
1
|
29 October 1951 – 14 February 1953
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
2
|
|
Frank Wilson
|
1
|
14 February 1953 – 16 May 1955
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Johnny Hanks
|
1
|
16 May 1955 – 2 July 1956
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Joe McNally
|
1
|
2 July 1956 – 12 September 1960
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
5
|
Title vacated by Joe McNally's retirement. His last defence was on 18 July 1959.
|
Dion Murphy
|
1
|
10 October 1963
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Murphy relinquished title without defending it.
|
Brian Maunsell
|
1
|
18 November 1965 – 19 May 1966
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Manny Santos
|
1
|
19 May 1966 – March 1967
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Santos temporarily retired because of an eye injury and relinquished the title without defending it. Santos also held the Commonwealth title which also was relinquished.
|
Rex Redden
|
1
|
20 August 1970 – 25 February 1971
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Redden retires in 1971, vacating the title.
|
Lance Austin
|
1
|
27 May 1994
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Austin retired after winning this title.
|
Clinton Simmonds
|
1
|
1 September 1994
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
0
|
Simmonds vacated the title without defending.
|
Peter Warren
|
1
|
13 May 2000 – 4 November 2000
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
|
Richard Pittman
|
1
|
30 June 2000
|
New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
|
0
|
|
Santos Pakau
|
1
|
4 November 2000
|
New Zealand Boxing Association
|
1
|
Pakau last defence was 21 April 2001.
|
Nort Beauchamp
|
1
|
4 May 2019
|
New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
|
0
|
Beauchamp declared champion after no challenger.
|