United States Amateur Light Middleweight Champion

Below is a list of 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 ...

Lightweight 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 ...

, along with the state or region which they represented. The weight class was contested at 135 pounds between 1888 and 1951. It has been contested at 132 pounds, since 1952. 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, 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 the four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur lightweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials. * 1888 – T. Thompson, NYAC * 1889 – E.F. Walker, Navy/Philadelphia, PA * 1890 – J. Rice, VBC * 1891 – O.H. Zeigler, Philadelphia, PA * 1892 – Not held * 1893 – H.M. Leeds, PASC * 1894 – C.J. Gehring, Baltimore, MD * 1895 – J. Quinn, Bedford, MA * 1896 –

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, New York, NY * 1897 – Ed Dix, Philadelphia, PA * 1898 – Not held * 1899 – G. Jensen, New York, NY * 1900 – J. Hopkins, New York, NY * 1901 – J.F. Mumford, New York, NY * 1902 –

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, New York, NY * 1903 – John Leavy, New York, NY * 1904 – Goliath Jones, Cambridge, MA * 1905 – Ambrose McGarry, New York, NY * 1906 – Lew Powell, San Francisco, CA * 1907 – Joseph Doyle, New York, NY * 1908 – J. Denning, New York, NY * 1909 – Billy Shevlin, New Jersey * 1910 – William Volk, Quincy, MA * 1911 – James Jarvis, New York, NY * 1912 – Al Wambsgans, New Orleans, LA * 1913 – M.J. Crowley, Malden, MA * 1914 – D. Stosh, Cleveland, OH * 1915 – M.J. Crowley, Malden, MA * 1916 – Thomas Murphy, Kansas City, MO * 1917 – Thomas Murphy, Kansas City, MO * 1918 – Thomas O'Malley, Philadelphia, PA * 1919 – Frank Cassidy, New York, NY * 1920 – Thomas Murphy, Kansas City, MO * 1921 – Ben Ponteau, New York, NY * 1922 – Joe Ryan, Pittsburgh, PA * 1923 – John McManus, Boston, MA * 1924 – Fred Boyistein, Pittsburgh, PA * 1925 – J. McGonigal, Weymouth, MA * 1926 – Thomas Lown, New York, NY * 1927 – Francis Burke, San Francisco, CA * 1928 –

Steve Halaiko Stephen Michael "Steve" Halaiko (December 27, 1908, in Auburn, New York – February 6, 2001) was an American boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Because of his baseball skill, Halaiko won a scholarship to Cook Ac ...

, Buffalo, NY * 1929 –

, Buffalo, NY * 1930 – Alex Santora, New York, NY * 1931 – Al Gomez, San Francisco, CA * 1932 – Nat Bor, Fall River, MA * 1933 – Frank Eagan, Buffalo, NY * 1934 – Norbert Meehan, San Francisco, CA * 1935 – W. Beauhod, St. Louis, MO * 1936 – Thomas Pallatin, South Bend, IN * 1937 – Joseph Kelly, Philadelphia, PA * 1938 – Richard Ford, Lawrence, MA * 1939 – George Toy, Cleveland, OH * 1940 – Paul Matsumoto, Honolulu, HI * 1941 – Frankie Thompson, Florence, AL * 1942 – R. McQuillan, Lackawanna, NY * 1943 – Charles Hunter, Cleveland, OH * 1944 – Joey D'Amato, Warren, OH * 1945 – Jetson Arnold, Philadelphia, PA * 1946 – Joseph Discepoli, Marines * 1947 – Frankie Thompson, Florence, AL * 1948 – Frankie Thompson, Florence, AL * 1949 – Charles Adkins, Gary, IN * 1950 – Frankie Thompson, Florence, AL * 1951 – Jimmy Hackney, Philadelphia, PA * 1952 – John Barnes, Detroit, MI * 1953 – Frank Smith, Cincinnati, OH * 1954 – Garnet Hart, Philadelphia, PA * 1955 – Jack Puscas, Portland, OR * 1956 – Bill Cherry, Cleveland, OH * 1957 – Gene Gresham, Detroit, MI * 1958 – Adam Ellison, Columbus, OH * 1959 – Quincy Daniels, Seattle, WA * 1960 – Brian O'Shea, Chicago, IL * 1961 – Woodie Marcus, Pocatello, ID * 1962 – George Foster, Cincinnati, OH * 1963 – Manuel Rameriz, San Jose, CA * 1964 – Ronnie Harris, Detroit, MI * 1965 – Herb Dolloson, Washington, DC * 1966 – Ronnie Harris, Canton, OH * 1967 – Ronnie Harris, Canton, OH * 1968 – Ronnie Harris, Canton, OH * 1969 – Juan Ruiz, Air Force * 1970 –

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, Marines * 1971 – James Busceme, Beaumont, TX * 1972 – Norman Goins, Edinburg, IN * 1973 – Aaron Pryor, Cincinnati, OH * 1974 – Hilmer Kenty, Columbus, OH * 1975 – Hilmer Kenty, Columbus, OH * 1976 –

Howard Davis, Jr. Howard Edward Davis Jr. (February 14, 1956 – December 30, 2015) was an American professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muha ...

, Glen Cove, NY * 1977 – Anthony Fletcher, Philadelphia, PA * 1978 –

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, New Orleans, LA * 1979 – Davey Lee Armstrong, Tacoma, WA * 1980 –

, New Orleans, LA * 1981 –

Joe Manley Joe Louis Manley Jr. (born June 11, 1959) is an American former boxer who fought at light welterweight. Amateur career Manley qualified as a lightweight for the 1980 United States Olympic team, defeating Frankie Randall on his way to earning ...

, Army * 1982 – Pernell Whitaker, Norfolk, VA (spring), Clifford Gray Florida (winter * 1983 – Clifford Gray Florida * 1984 –

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, Kokomo, IN * 1985 – Vince Phillips, Army * 1986 – Vince Phillips, Army * 1987 – Charles Murray * 1988 –

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, Ellenwood, GA * 1989 – Shane Mosley, Pomona, CA * 1990 – Shane Mosley, Pomona, CA * 1991 – Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles, CA * 1992 –

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, St. Louis, MO * 1993 – Abayomi Miller, Ohio * 1994 – Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, CA * 1995 – Terrance Cauthen, Philadelphia, PA * 1996 – Brian Adams * 1997 – David Jackson, Seattle, WA * 1998 – Jacob Hudson, Augusta, GA * 1999 – Jacob Hudson, Augusta, GA * 2000 – Rock Allen, Philadelphia, PA * 2001 – Paulie Malignaggi, Brooklyn, NY * 2002 – Verquan Kimbrough, Aliquippa, PA * 2003 – Vicente Escobedo, Woodland, CA * 2004 – David Rodela, Oxnard, CA * 2005 – Michael Evans, Dayton, OH * 2006 – Danny García, Philadelphia, PA * 2007 –

Diego Magdaleno Diego Armando Magdaleno (born October 28, 1986) is an American professional boxer. He challenged for the WBO super featherweight title in 2013 and the WBO lightweight title in 2015. At regional level, he held the WBC- NABF super featherweight ...

, Las Vegas, NV * 2008 – James Brumley Manchester Kentucky * 2009 – Duran Caffero, Jr., Helena, MT * 2010 – José Ramírez, Avenal, CA * 2011 – José Ramírez, Avenal, CA * 2012 – José Ramírez, Avenal, CA {{United States national amateur boxing champions Light *