This is a list of United States 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 Nation ...

champions in the

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...

division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for welterweights was first contested at , but was increased to in 2003."Past Champions"
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. Retrieved July 22, 2017. *1928 – Nick Fosco – Chicago *1929 – Bud Hammer – Chicago *1930 – Karl Ogren – Chicago *1931 – George Keenan – Chicago *1932 – Johnny Phagan – Chicago *1933 – Henry Rothier – Davenport *1934 – Danny Farrar –

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

*1935 – King Wyatt – Fort Wayne *1936 – Chester Rutecki – Chicago *1937 – Verne Patterson – Chicago *1938 – James O'Malley – Chicago *1939 – Milton Jones –

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

*1940 – Savior Canadeo – Chicago *1941 – Geo. W. Horne, Jr. –

*1942 – Bob Burns – Fort Wayne *1943 – Ballessando Carubia – Chicago *1944 – Yevi Soluthali – Peoria *1945 – Gilbert Garcia – Fort Worth *1946 – Julius Menendez – Chicago *1947 – John Keough –

*1948 – Richard Guerrero – Chicago *1949 – Richard Guerrero – Chicago *1950 – Dick Anderson –

*1951 – Willard Henry – Kansas City *1952 – Herschel Acton – Los Angeles *1953 – Richard Wall –

Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, a ...

*1954 – Rudy Sawyer –

Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lak ...

*1955 – Richard Wall –

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

*1956 – Leon Brooks –

*1957 – Joe Shaw – Kansas City *1958 – Dave Holman – Toledo *1959 – Don Sargeant –

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

*1960 – Fred Hernandez – Omaha *1961 – Roy McMillian – Toledo *1962 – Rory O'Shea – Chicago *1963 – Wade Smith –

Muncie Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs/lenape-villages.pdf It is located in ...

*1964 – Don Cobbs –

*1965 – Don Cobbs –

*1966 – Hedgeman Lewis – Detroit *1967 – Pat O'Connor –

Rochester, MN Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota, the city is the home and birthplace of the renowned Mayo Clinic. Accor ...

*1968 – Richard Royal –

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

*1969 – David Oropeza –

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...

*1970 – Melvin Dennis – Fort Worth *1971 – Larry Carlisle –

*1972 –

Jesse Valdez Jesus "Jesse" Valdez (born December 7, 1947) is a retired boxer. He was selected a member of the All-American AAU boxing team for 1973, and was named the top welterweight amateur boxer in the nation in 1973 by the National AAU Boxing Commi ...

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Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

*1973 – Harold Beal – Kansas City *1974 –

Clinton Jackson Clinton Jackson (born May 20, 1954) is an American former professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships and a gold at the 1975 Pan American Games. Biograph ...

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Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

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Mike McCallum Mike McCallum (born 7 December 1956) is a Jamaican former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1997. He held world championships in three weight classes, including the WBA super welterweight title from 1984 to 1988, the WBA middlewe ...

– Miami *1978 –

Jeffrey Stoudemire Jeff Stoudemire (born September 24, 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American former professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided be ...

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*1979 – Mike McCallum –

*1980 –

Donald Curry Donald Curry (born September 7, 1961), is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1991, and in 1997. He held the WBA world welterweight title from 1983 to 1986, the undisputed world welterweight title from 1985 to 1986 a ...

– Fort Worth *1981 – Manuel Vallejo – Los Angeles *1982 – Roman George –

Lafayette Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757� ...

*1983 – Louis Howard –

*1984 –

Mylon Watkins Mylon Watkins is a former boxer in the Junior middleweight division. Career Amateur career Known as "Kid USA", Watkins had an outstanding amateur career, and was the upset winner of the 1984 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Championship and t ...

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*1985 – Anthony Stephens –

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

*1986 – Frank Liles – Syracuse *1987 – Roger Turner – Grand Rapids *1988 – Ron Morgan, Jr. –

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

*1989 -- James Myers -- Los Angeles, California *1990 – Nathan Fortier–

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

*1991 – Ross Thompson— *1992 – Stephen Golisano – East Boston MA *1993 – David Reid –

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

*1993 - Anthony W Melberg -

Barstow, California Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. Located in the Inland Empire region of California, the population was 25,415 at the 2020 census. Barstow is an important crossroads for the In ...

*1994 – Anulfo Vasquez – New Jersey *1995 – Anulfo Vasquez – New Jersey *1996 – Brandon Mitchell –

*1997 –

Cory Spinks Cory Spinks (born Cory Calvin; February 20, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2013. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the undisputed welterweight title from 2003 to 200 ...

*1998 – Anthony Hanshaw –

*1999 – James Erminger Louisiana *2000 – Anthony Thompson –

*2001 – James Parison – California *2002 – Durrell Richardson –

*2003 –

Andre Berto Andre Michael Berto (born September 7, 1983) is a professional boxer who holds dual American and Haitian citizenship. He is a two-time former welterweight world champion, having held the WBC and IBF titles between 2008 and 2011, as well as the ...

– Florida *2004 – Daniel Jacobs – NY Metro *2005 – Brad Solomon – Mid-South *2006 –

Demetrius Andrade Demetrius Cesar Andrade ( ; born February 26, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO light middleweight title between 2013-2015, the WBA (Regular) title in 2017 ...

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New England New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Can ...

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*2008 – James Brumley- Manchester Ky *2009 –

Errol Spence Errol Spence Jr. (born March 3, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He is currently a unified welterweight world champion, having held the IBF title since May 2017, the WBC title since September 2019, and the WBA (Super) since April 2022. ...

– Desoto, TX *2010 – David Grayton – DC *2011 – Arturo Trujillo -

*2012 - Alex Martin -

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...

*2013 - Erickson Lubin - Orlando, Florida *2014 - Sammy Valentin -

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...

*2015 - Rashid Stevens -

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

*2016 - Brian Ceballo -

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

*2017 - Leon Lawson III - Flint, Michigan *2018 - Samuel Sadowsky -

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