List of US national Golden Gloves light heavyweight champions explained

This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the light heavyweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for light heavyweights was first contested at 175lb, but was increased to 178lb in 1972.^[1]

1928 - Dave Maier - Chicago
1929 - Edward Wills - Chicago
1930 - Buck Everett - Gary
1931 - Jack Kranz - Gary
1932 - Vernon Miller - Davenport
1933 - Max Marek - Chicago
1934 - Joe Louis - Detroit
1935 - Joe Bauer - Cleveland
1936 - Carl Vinciquerra - Omaha
1937 - Herman West - Centralia
1938 - Linto Guerrieri - Rockford
1939 - Jimmy Reeves - Cleveland
1940 - James Richie - St. Louis
1941 - Hezzie Williams - Chicago
1942 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth
1943 - Reedy Evans - Chicago
1944 - Ray Standdifer - Cleveland
1945 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth
1946 - Bob Foxworth - St. Louis
1947 - Dan Bucceroni - Kenosha
1948 - Buddy Turner - Cincinnati
1949 - Wesbury Bascom - St. Louis
1950 - Jesse Brown - Toledo
1951 - Bobby Jackson - Cleveland
1952 - Eddie Jones - Chicago
1953 - Calvin Butler - Cleveland
1954 - Orville Pitts - Dayton
1955 - Eddie Jenkins - Detroit
1956 - Jim Boyd - Montgomery
1957 - Ernest Terrell - Chicago
1958 - Kent Green - Chicago
1959 - Cassius Clay - Louisville
1960 - Jefferson Davis- Nashville
1961 - Charles Williams - St. Louis
1962 - Billy Joiner - Cincinnati
1963 - Ted Gullick - Cleveland
1964 - Harley Cooper - Omaha
1965 - Larry Charleston - Detroit
1966 - Gerald Pate - Milwaukee
1967 - Brady Bredzeal - Los Angeles
1968 - Leonard Hutchins - Detroit
1969 - Dave Mathews - Cleveland
1970 - Felton Wood - Grand Rapids
1971 - Marvin Johnson - Indianapolis
1972 - Verbie Garland - Toledo
1973 - D. C. Barker - Rocky Mountain
1974 - Robert Stewart - Lowell
1975 - Gene Ratliff - Little Rock
1976 - Rick Jester - Detroit
1977 - Neil Coleman - Virginia
1978 - Charles Singleton - Pennsylvania
1979 - Lee Roy Murphy - Chicago
1980 - Steve Eden - Iowa
1981 - Johnny Williams - Chicago
1982 - Keith Vining - Detroit
1983 - Ricky Womack - Detroit
1984 - Evander Holyfield - Knoxville
1985 - Donald Stephens - Fort Worth
1986 - Harvey Richards - Illinois
1987 - Terry McGroom - Chicago
1988 - Terry McGroom - Springfield
1989 - Terry McGroom - Springfield
1990 - Jeremy Williams - Iowa
1991 - Jeremy Williams - Detroit
1992 - Terry McGroom - Illinois
1993 - Benjamin McDowell - Knoxville
1994 - Antonio Tarver - Sunshine State
1995 - Glenn Robinson - New York metropolitan area
1996 - Tim Williamson - Pennsylvania
1997 - BJ Flores - Kansas City
1998 - Steve Cunningham - Washington
1999 - Michael Simms - California
2000 - Arthur Palac - Detroit
2001 - Chris Arreola - California
2002 - Allan Green - Oklahoma
2003 - DeAndrey Abron - New Mexico
2004 - De'Rae Crane - Iowa
2005 - Rommel Rene - Florida
2006 - Yathomas Riley - California
2007 - Siju Shabazz - Colorado
2008 - Derrick Geer Knoxville
2009 - D'Quadre Allen - Florida
2010 - Toury Barrows - Michigan
2011 - Caleb Plant - Knoxville
2012 - Jerry Odom - Washington D.C.
2013 - Steven Nelson - Omaha^[2]
2014 - Malcolm McAllister - Long Beach^[3]
2015 - Devonte Campbell - Newark^[4]
2016 - Damion Scarborough - Georgia^[5]
2017 - Abel Gonzalez - Florida^[6]
2023 - Julian Delgado - Corpus Christi, Texas

Notes and References

http://www.goldengloves.com/history/ "Past Champions"
News: 2013 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. https://web.archive.org/web/20140121060724/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/Results/2013/May/13/2013-National-Golden-Gloves-Tournament-of-Champions. dead. January 21, 2014. USA Boxing. May 18, 2013.
News: 2014 National Golden Gloves. https://web.archive.org/web/20150107224257/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/Results/2014/May/12/2014-National-Golden-Gloves. dead. January 7, 2015. USA Boxing. May 17, 2014.
News: 2015 Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. Golden Gloves of America. Facebook. May 16, 2015.
News: 2016 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions: Championship Finals. USA Boxing. PDF. May 21, 2016.
News: 2017 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. https://web.archive.org/web/20170624152359/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/Results/2017/May/01/2017-National-Golden-Gloves-Tournament-of-Champions. dead. June 24, 2017. USA Boxing. May 6, 2017.