United States Amateur Heavyweight Champion
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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 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 ...
, which is the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the
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. USA Boxing comprises 56 Local Boxing Committees, which are currently grouped into 14 geographical regions (previously in 1970s and 1980s they were divided into 22 AAU regions represented in the national's, each carrying a team of 11 boxers, with each being a Region tournament winner.This Is The Week
''The Tennessean'', May 4, 1980, p. 78.) These LBCs, along with the coaches, athletes, and officials, form the backbone of USA Boxing and Olympic-style boxing in the United States. USA Boxing's athlete membership comprises both male and female boxers. The national Olympic boxing championships now sponsored by USA Boxing are titled United States National Boxing Championships and were formerly the AAU Boxing championship. Current Weight classes *
Light flyweight Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing. Professional boxing The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
(106 pounds) *
Flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ...
(112 pounds) *
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 mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from Ba ...
(119 pounds) *
Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...
(125 pounds) *
Lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxe ...
(132 pounds) *
Light welterweight Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional boxing In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, ...
(141 pounds) *
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 the ...
(152 pounds) *
Middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
(165 pounds) *
Light heavyweight Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruise ...
(178 pounds) *
Heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...
(201 pounds) *
Super heavyweight Super heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and competitive bodybuilding. Boxing In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms (200 pounds). Introduced for th ...
(+201 pounds)


US Amateur National Championships

Below are the lists of the sanctioned USA National Tournaments, by Jr and open division:


Jr. Division

*National Silver Gloves *National Jr. Golden Gloves *National Jr. Olympics


Open Division

*National USA Amateur Championships *National U-19 Amateur Championships *
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 ...
*National PAL Championships


US Champions

Below are the lists of the national champions, by division: *
National Amateur Super Heavyweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Super Heavyweight ( AAU) Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the tit ...
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National Amateur Heavyweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Heavyweight Champions, also known as US Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Amateu ...
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National Amateur Light Heavyweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Light Heavyweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of Un ...
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National Amateur Middleweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Middleweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United ...
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National Amateur Light Middleweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Light Middleweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. This category was recently discontinued. The United States National B ...
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National Amateur Welterweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Welterweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United ...
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National Amateur Light Welterweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Welterweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United St ...
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National Amateur Lightweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Lightweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The weight class was contested at 135 pounds between 1888 and 1951. It has been ...
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National Amateur Featherweight Champions Below is a list of National Amateur boxing, Amateur Boxing Featherweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The weight class was contested at 125 pounds between 1889 a ...
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National Amateur Bantamweight Champions Below is a list of United States national Amateur Boxing Bantamweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions. The weight class was contested at 115 pounds between 1889 and 1921. It was then contested at 118 pounds between 1922 a ...
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National Amateur Flyweight Champions Below is a list of United States national Amateur Boxing Flyweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The weight class was contested at 105 pounds between 1888 and 1912 ...
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National Amateur Light Flyweight Champions Below is a list of United States national Amateur Boxing Light Flyweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the t ...


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