List of US national Golden Gloves light welterweight champions
Below is a list of National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Light Welterweight weight limit was first contested in 1966 at 139 pounds. In 2003, the weight limit was moved to 141 pounds.[1][2]
- 1966 - Larry Draut - Santa Rosa, CA
- 1967 - Willie Richardson - Detroit, MI
- 1968 - Harold Beal - Kansas City, MO
- 1969 - Eddie Beauford - Indianapolis, IN
- 1970 - Larry Bonds - Denver, CO
- 1971 - Wiley Johnson - Cincinnati, OH
- 1972 - Sugar Ray Seales - Tacoma, WA
- 1973 - Larry Bonds - Denver, CO
- 1974 - Sugar Ray Leonard - Palmer Park, MD
- 1975 - Paul Sherry - Las Vegas, NV
- 1976 - Ronnie Shields - Fort Worth, TX
- 1977 - Thomas Hearns - Detroit, MI
- 1978 - Ronnie Shields - Fort Worth, TX
- 1979 - Lemuel Steeples - St. Louis, MO
- 1980 - Terry Silver - Louisville, KY
- 1981 - Henry Hughes - Cleveland, OH
- 1982 - Tim Rabon - Lafayette, LA
- 1983 - Roderick Moore - Detroit, MI
- 1984 - Tim Rabon - Lafayette, LA
- 1985 - Robert Guy - Fort Worth, TX
- 1986 - Roy Jones, Jr. - Pensacola, FL
- 1987 - Todd Foster - Great Falls, MT[3]
- 1988 - Skipper Kelp - Born in Saigon, Vietnam he fought from Las Vegas, NV
- 1989 - Victor McKinnia - Denver, CO
- 1990 - Mark Lewis - Los Angeles, CA
- 1991 - Terron Millett - St. Louis, MO
- 1992 - Robert Frazier - Syracuse, NY
- 1993 - David Diaz - Chicago, IL
- 1994 - David Diaz - Chicago, IL
- 1995 - Demarcus Corley - Washington, DC
- 1996 - David Diaz - Chicago, IL
- 1997 - Adan Reyes - Los Angeles, CA
- 1998 - Ricardo Williams - Jr., Cincinnati, OH
- 1999 - Demetrius Hopkins - Philadelphia, PA
- 2000 - Jessie Byers - Knoxville, TN[4]
- 2001 - Chad Aquino - Kansas City, MO[5]
- 2002 - Larry Gonzáles - Denver, CO[6]
- 2003 - Lorenzo Reynolds - Saginaw, MI[7]
- 2004 - Jeremy Bryan - Paterson, NJ
- 2005 - Jeremy Bryan - Paterson, NJ[8]
- 2006 - Brad Solomon - Lafayette, LA
- 2007 - Brad Solomon - Lafayette, LA[9]
- 2008 - Danny O'Connor - Framingham, MA
- 2009 - Jose Benavidez - at only 16 years old, he was the youngest light welterweight champions.[10][11]
- 2010 - Gary Allen Russell III[12]
- 2011 - Michael Reed - Washington DC
References
- ↑ "Official Golden Gloves of America Website". goldengloves.com.
- ↑ "National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champions". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Todd Foster". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Jessie Byers". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Chad Aquino". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Larry Gonzales". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Lorenzo Reynolds". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Jeremy Bryan". boxrec.com.
- ↑ "Brad Solomon - Amateur Boxing Record". boxing-scoop.com.
- ↑ "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL". AOL.com.
- ↑ "Benavidez won Golden Gloves, seeks more". azcentral.com.
- ↑ Goldsticker, Julie (2010-05-12). "Ten New National Champions". USA Boxing. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
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