Below is a list of United States national

Amateur Boxing Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

Bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. Bra ...

Champions, also known as

United States Amateur Champions The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Champion on Olympic boxers for winning the annual national Olympic boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing, which is the national governing body for Olympic boxin ...

. The weight class was contested at 115 pounds between 1889 and 1921. It was then contested at 118 pounds between 1922 and 1951, before moving to 119 pounds, where it is currently contested. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Amateur Champion on amateur boxers for winning the annual national amateur boxing tournament organized by

USA Boxing USA Boxing is the national governing body for Olympic-style boxing. It is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which sets its rules. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, USA Boxing i ...

, the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA). It is one of four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the

National Golden Gloves The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States, where they are awarded a belt and a ring. And the title of nations champion is awarded. The Golden Gloves is a term used to refer to the Nationa ...

Tournament, which crowns its own amateur bantamweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials. *1888 - W. Rocap, Philadelphia, PA *1889 - W. Rocap, Philadelphia, PA (spring), W. Kenny, NJAC (winter *1890 - B. Weldon, New York, NY *1891 - G.F. Connolly, Boston, MA *1892 - Not held *1893 - M.J. Hallihan, Philadelphia, PA *1894 - R. McVeigh, SAC *1895 - E. Horen, Pittsburgh, PA *1896 - J.J. Gross, New York, NY *1897 - Charles Fahey, Rochester, NY *1898 - Not held *1899 - W. Wildner, NWSAC *1900 - H. Murphy, Bartholomew AC *1901 - George Young DC and AC *1902 - F. Fieg, Newark, NJ *1903 - Thomas Stone, New York, NY *1904 - Jerry Casey, NWSAC *1905 - Sam Moss, Waltham, MA *1906 - Harry Baker, Olympic Club *1907 - Henry Meyers, Chapman AC *1908 - M.J. Carroll, New York, NY *1909 - Joe Gorman, Northboro, MA *1910 - John Gallant, Boston, MA *1911 - Thomas Reagan, Boston, MA *1912 - Thomas Reagan, Boston, MA *1913 - Thomas Reagan, Boston, MA *1914 - S. Phillips, Boston, MA *1915 - Tony Vatlin, Brighton, MA *1916 -

Benny Valgar Benny Valgar, frequently spelled "Valger" (September 24, 1898 – October 1, 1974), was a French boxer. On February 25, 1920, he faced the reigning featherweight champion, Johnny Kilbane, in a 8 round non title bout which, without a disqualificat ...

, New York, NY *1917 - J. Tomasulo, New Jersey *1918 - J. Tomasulo, New Jersey *1919 - Ashton Donza, New Orleans, LA *1920 - J. Hutchinson, Philadelphia, PA *1921 - George Daly, New York, NY *1922 -

Sid Terris Sidney Terris (September 7, 1904 – December 30, 1974) was a top rated American lightweight boxing contender from the lower East Side of Manhattan. He excelled as an amateur, winning fifty straight bouts and taking Metropolitan, New York State, ...

, New York, NY *1923 - Harry Marcus, Cleveland, OH *1924 - Jack Tripoli, New York, NY *1925 - August Gotto, Los Angeles, CA *1926 - Joe Katish, Pittsburgh, PA *1927 - Tommy Paul, Buffalo, NY *1928 - John Daley, Waltham, MA *1929 - A. Holden, Providence, RI *1930 - Abie Miller, Los Angeles, CA *1931 - Joe Ferrante, Boston, MA *1932 - Jimmy Martin, New York, NY *1933 - A. Tardugno, Washington, DC *1934 - Armando Sicilia, New York, NY *1935 - Troy Bellini, Cleveland, OH *1936 -

Willie Joyce Willie Joyce (September 2, 1917 – December 5, 1996) was an American boxer from Chicago. He was the 1936 National AAU Bantamweight champion, and the 1937 (126 lb) Chicago & Intercity Golden Gloves Champion. Joyce was 24-1-4 in 1937 to ...

, Gary, IN *1937 - Morris Parker, Newark, NJ *1938 -

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, Nanticoke, PA *1939 -

, Philadelphia, PA *1940 - Angelo Ambrosano, Philadelphia, PA *1941 - Ray Brown, Chicago, IL *1942 - Bernard Docusen, New Orleans, LA *1943 - Earl O'Neil, Fort Still, OK *1944 - Nick Saunders, St. Louis, MO *1945 - Amos Aitson, Oklahoma City, OK *1946 - Tsaneshi Naruo, Hawaii *1947 -

Corky Gonzales Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (June 18, 1928 – April 12, 2005) was a Mexican Americans, Mexican-American Boxer (boxing), boxer, poet, political organizer, and activist. He was one of many leaders for the Crusade for Justice in Denver, Colorado. T ...

, Denver, CO *1948 - Bill Morgan, Newark, NJ *1949 - Jimmy Mitchell, Oakland, CA *1950 - Mickey Mars, Cleveland, OH *1951 - Ernest De Jesus, Honolulu, HI *1952 - Davey Moore, Springfield, OH *1953 - T. Nethercott, Port Chester, NY *1954 - Bill Ramos, New Bedford, MA *1955 - John Cereghin, Air Force *1956 - Don Whaley, Cincinnati, OH *1957 - Herman Marques, Stockton, CA *1958 -

Charles Branch Charles James Branch (7 October 183431 August 1896) was an Anglican priest: most notably Bishop of Antigua from 1885 until his death. He was born in Barbados on 7 October 1834 and educated at Codrington College there. He was appointed curate of S ...

, Philadelphia, PA *1959 - Fred Griffin, Toledo, OH *1960 - O. German, Muskegon, MI *1961 - John Howard, Portland, OR *1962 - Victor Melendez, Puerto Rico *1963 - Gerry Lott, New Orleans, LA *1964 - Art Jones, San Francisco, CA *1965 - George Colon, New York, NY *1966 - Jose Marquez, Puerto Rico *1967 - Earl Large, Clovis, NM *1968 - Sammy Goss, Trenton, NJ *1969 - Terry Pullen, New Orleans, LA *1970 - Robert Mullins, Charleston, SC *1971 -

Ricardo Carreras Ricardo Luis Carreras (born December 8, 1949) is a retired bantamweight boxer from the United States, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In the semifinals of the men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) division he was defeated b ...

, Air Force *1972 - John David, Navy *1973 - Mike Hess, Albany, OR *1974 -

Mike Ayala Mike Ayala (born January 19, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1975 to 1991. He is the former NABF super bantamweight and NABF featherweight champion. Amateur career Ayala won the 1973 National Golden Gloves fly ...

, Fort Worth, TX *1975 - Eiichi Jumawan, Waiawa, HI *1976 -

Bernard Taylor Bernard Taylor may refer to: *Bernard Taylor (author) (born 1934), British horror and suspense author *Bernard Taylor, Baron Taylor of Mansfield (1895–1991), British coalminer and politician *Bernard Taylor (boxer) (born 1957), American boxer *Be ...

, Charlotte, NC *1977 -

Rocky Lockridge Rick "Rocky" Lockridge (January 10, 1959 – February 7, 2019) was an American professional boxer. He is perhaps best known for having handed Roger Mayweather his first defeat—a first-round knockout in just 98 seconds—earning him the WBA a ...

, Tacoma, WA *1978 -

Jackie Beard Jackie Beard (born September 10, 1961) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1995, twice challenging for the WBA super featherweight title between 1989 and 1990. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 1979 Pan Ameri ...

, Jackson, TN *1979 -

, Jackson, TN *1980 -

, Jackson, TN *1981 - Richard Savage, West Monroe, LA *1982 -

Floyd Favors Floyd Favors (born December 3, 1963 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired boxer from the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located ...

, Capitol Heights, MD (spring),

Meldrick Taylor Meldrick Taylor (born October 19, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF junior welterweight title from 1988 to 1990, and the WBA welterweight title ...

, Philadelphia, PA (winter) *1983 - Jesse Benavides, Corpus Christi, TX *1984 - Eugene Speed, Washington, DC *1985 - Michael Collins, La Porte, TX *1986 - Michael Collins, La Porte, TX *1987 - Michael Collins, La Porte, TX *1988 - Jemal Hinton, New Carrollton, MD *1989 -

Tony Gonzalez Anthony David Gonzalez (born February 27, 1976) is an American former football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Regarded as one of the greatest tight ends of all time, he is the NFL's all-time leader ...

*1990 - Sergio Reyes Jr., Marines *1991 - Sergio Reyes Jr., Marines *1992 -

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, Navy *1993 - Aristead Clayton, Baker, LA *1994 - Jorge Munoz, El Paso, TX *1995 - Carlos Navarro, Los Angeles, CA *1996 - Jesus Vega, Salinas, CA *1997 - Cornelius Lock, Detroit, MI *1998 - Antonio Rodriguez, Wailuku, HI *1999 - Clarence Vinson, Washington, DC *2000 - Sergio Espinoza, San Diego, CA *2001 - David Martinez, Stockton, CA *2002 - Aaron Garcia, Vista, CA *2003 - Samson Guillermo, Waianae, HI *2004 - Roberto Benitez, New York, NY *2005 - Gary Russell, Jr., Capitol Heights, MD *2006 - Gary Russell, Jr., Capitol Heights, MD *2007 -

Ronny Rios Ronny Rios (born January 22, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBC- NABF super bantamweight title since 2019 and challenged for the WBC super bantamweight title in 2017. and the unified WBA (super) and IBF super bantamweigh ...

, Santa Ana, CA *2008 - Ronny Rios, Santa Ana, CA *2009 -

Jessie Magdaleno Jesús Gabriel "Jessie" Magdaleno (born November 8, 1991) is an American professional boxer who held the WBO junior featherweight title from 2016 to 2018. He is the younger brother of boxer Diego Magdaleno. Amateur career Magdaleno was one of the ...

*2010 -

Rau'shee Warren Rau'shee Warren (; born February 13, 1987) is an American professional boxer who held the WBA (Undisputed), and IBO bantamweight titles from 2016 to 2017. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, as well as bronze at ...

, Cincinnati, OH *2011 -

John Franklin Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through t ...

, Fort Carson, Colo/United States Army *2012 - Charles Martin, Tulsa, OK/United States Army *2013 -

Eduardo Martinez Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footba ...

, Aurora, IL *2014 - JaRico O'Quinn, Detroit, MI

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