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 boxing and is the United States' member organization of the
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...
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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.
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''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 (106 pounds)
* Flyweight (112 pounds)
* Bantamweight (119 pounds)
* Featherweight (125 pounds)
* Lightweight (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 (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
*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 ...
* National Amateur Heavyweight Champions
* National Amateur Light Heavyweight Champions
* National Amateur Middleweight Champions
* National Amateur Light Middleweight Champions
* National Amateur Welterweight Champions
* National Amateur Light Welterweight Champions
* National Amateur Lightweight Champions
* National Amateur Featherweight Champions
* National Amateur Bantamweight Champions
* National Amateur Flyweight Champions
* National Amateur Light Flyweight Champions
References
{{United States national amateur boxing champions