The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National Boxing Federation, New Zealand Professional Boxing Association and New Zealand Boxing Council since 1910.
A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear.
Name | Reign | Duration of reign | Title | Defences | Note | Tim Tracey | 1 | 16 November 1910 – 3 May 1911 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Dennis Denny Murphy | 1 | 3 May 1911 – 24 May 1911 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Murphy is DQ'd in a fight against Doss Burns May 24, 1911 and Tracey is named Champion again. |
Tim Tracey | 2 | 24 May 1911 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Title vacated by Tracy |
Dennis Denny Murphy | 2 | 20 December 1911 – 4 October 1912 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 2 |
Lyn Truscott | 1 | 4 October 1912 – 28 October 1912 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Dennis Denny Murphy | 3 | 28 October 1912 – 29 November 1912 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Lyn Truscott | 2 | 29 November 1912 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Truscott relinquished title without defending it |
Dennis Denny Murphy | 4 | 1913 – 24 June 1914 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 3 | Murphy named Champion by the NZBA after Lyn Truscott relinquished title |
Sid Mitchell | 1 | 24 June 1914 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 |
Dennis Denny Murphy | 5 | 3 January 1921 – 19 March 1921 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Title vacated by Dennis Murphy's retirement. |
Jock Graham | 1 | 28 December 1921 – 11 December 1923 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 2 |
Harry May | 1 | 11 December 1923 – 15 September 1924 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Clarrie Blackburn | 1 | 15 September 1924 – 30 March 1926 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Dick Loveridge | 1 | 30 March 1926 – 5 May 1926 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Artie Hay | 1 | 5 May 1926 – 27 September 1930 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 4 | Title vacated by Artie Hay's retirement |
Ted Morgan | 1 | 20 August 1931 – 9 October 1934 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 2 |
Don Stirling | 1 | 9 October 1934 – 26 June 1935 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 3 |
Neville Mudgway | 1 | 26 June 1935 – 30 September 1935 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Don Stirling | 2 | 30 September 1935 – 18 October 1937 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 3 |
Stan Jenkin | 1 | 18 October 1937 – 28 April 1938 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 3 | Mudgway named Champion after Jenkin fails to make weight. |
Neville Mudgway | 2 | 28 April 1938 – 17 August 1939 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 | Title vacated by Neville Mudgway's retirement |
Vic Caltaux | 1 | 4 March 1940 – 23 March 1946 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 4 |
Bos Murphy | 1 | 23 March 1946 – 21 July 1946 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Murphy stripped of title July 21, 1946 |
Ian Cruickshank | 1 | 3 March 1947 – 26 February 1949 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Clarrie Gordon | 1 | 26 February 1949 – 12 September 1951 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Gordon retired September 12, 1951, vacating title |
Noel Fitzwater | 1 | 29 September 1951 – 21 February 1953 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 3 | Fitzwater relinquished title February 21, 1953 |
Barry Brown | 1 | 19 March 1953 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Brown relinquished title |
Billy Beazley | 1 | 16 August 1954 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Beazley relinquished title without defending it |
Barney Shaw | 1 | 18 September 1956 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Title vacated by Billy Beazley |
Barry Brown | 2 | 7 October 1957 – 15 April 1958 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 | Brown retires, relinquishing the title |
Peter Graham | 1 | 1 October 1958 – 21 October 1958 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Graham retires, relinquishing the title |
Heine Forsyth | 1 | 24 August 1959 – 19 August 1960 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 2 |
Joe McNally | 1 | 19 August 1960 – 12 September 1960 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | McNally retires, relinquishing the title |
Jimmy Williams | 1 | 15 July 1961 – 16 April 1962 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Heine Forsyth | 2 | 16 April 1962 – 6 December 1962 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Johnny Lawrence | 1 | 6 December 1962 – 16 November 1963 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Sam Leuii | 1 | 16 November 1963 – 30 May 1964 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Dennis Hagen | 1 | 30 May 1964 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Hagen subsequently stripped of title |
Graham Smith | 1 | 1965 – 1970 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 | Smith named Champion after Dennis Hagen is stripped of title |
Bill Fatu | 1 | 20 April 1972 – 10 January 1980 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Fatu retired without defending the title |
Musa Sione | 1 | 1 December 1982 – 20 December 1983 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 2 |
David Stowers | 1 | 20 December 1983 – 7 June 1985 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Stowers retired and relinquished his national titles |
Michael Sykes | 1 | 7 March 1989 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Sykes retired shortly after winning the title. |
Monty Bhana | 1 | 24 January 1991 – 30 June 1992 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 1 |
Alberto MaChong | 1 | 30 June 1992 | New Zealand Boxing Association | 0 | Machong relinquished title without defending it. |
Sean Sullivan | 1 | 31 May 1994 | New Zealand Boxing Association | Sullivan last title defence was on 6 November 1999 |
Cairo George | 1 | 20 April 2013 | New Zealand National Boxing Federation | 1 |
Anthony Taylor | 1 | 11 October 2014 – 21 April 2017 | New Zealand Professional Boxing Association | 0 | Taylor announced his retirement. |
Bowyn Morgan[1] | 1 | 5 March 2016 – Present | New Zealand National Boxing Federation | 0 |
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