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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 ...

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 ...

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 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 four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the other being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur light heavyweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials. It is contested at a 178 lb limit.

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*1913 – Joe Brown, Pawtucket, RI *1914 – W. Hanna, Toronto, ON, Canada *1915 – Edward Carr, Boston, MA *1916 – Patrick McCarthy, Roxbury, MA *1917 – Ted Jamieson, Milwaukee, WI *1918 – John McMinimen, Camp Devens, MA *1919 – Al Roche, Somerville, MA *1920 – J. Burke, Pittsburgh, PA *1921 – Mangu Larsen, New York, NY *1922 – Charles McKenna, New York, NY *1923 – Henry Fay, Pittsburgh, PA *1924 – Tom Kirby, Boston, MA *1925 – Henry Lamar, Washington, DC *1926 – Henry Lamar, Washington, DC *1927 – George Hoffman, New York, NY *1928 – Leon Lucas, Philadelphia, PA *1929 – Martin Levandowski, Grand Rapids, MI *1930 – Frank Tucker, San Francisco, CA *1931 – Tony Poloni, Reno, NV *1932 – Homer Brandeis, San Francisco, CA *1933 – Max Marke, Chicago, IL *1934 –

Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He rei ...

, Detroit, MI *1935 – Joseph Bauer, Cleveland, OH *1936 – John Lasinski, New York, NY *1937 – Tim Hill, Detroit, MI *1938 – William Muldune, Cleveland, OH *1939 –

Jimmy Reeves Jimmy Reeves (April 4, 1918December 1974) was an American boxer from Cleveland, Ohio. He won the 1939 light heavyweight championship. He gave Jake LaMotta his first defeat in a controversial decision on September 24, 1941, in a match that was br ...

, Cleveland, OH *1940 – Vic Hutton, Farmersburg, IN *1941 – Shelton Bell, Wilberforce, OH *1942 – Bob Foxworth, St. Louis, MO *1943 – Bob Foxworth, St. Louis, MO *1944 – Ray Stadifer, Cleveland, OH *1945 – Richard Nutt, Alexandria, VA *1946 – Bob Foxworth, St. Louis, MO *1947 – Grant Butcher, San Francisco, CA *1948 – Grant Butcher, San Francisco, CA *1949 – Delopez Oliver, Honolulu, HI *1950 – Eldridge Thompson, Washington, DC *1951 – John Boutillier, Boston, MA *1952 – Eldridge Thompson, Washington, DC *1953 – Frank Perry, Lockland, OH *1954 – Warnell Lester, Baltimore, MD *1955 – John Horne, Washington, DC *1956 – John Horne, Omaha, NE *1957 – (Ignaz) Lindy Lindmoser, Vancouver, BC, Canada *1958 – Sylvester Banks, St. Louis, MO *1959 – Cassius Clay, Louisville, KY *1960 – Cassius Clay, Louisville, KY *1961 – Bob Christopherson, University of Wisconsin *1962 –

Billy Joiner Billy Joiner (10 May 1938 - 2019), was an American professional boxer from Cincinnati, U.S. Early life Joiner was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 10 May 1938. His father was a former professional boxer, as was his uncle who had once knocked out Fre ...

, Cincinnati, OH *1963 – Fred Lewis, US Air Force *1964 – Bob Christopherson, US Air Force *1965 – Roger Russell, Philadelphia, PA *1966 – John Griffin, Cleveland, OH *1967 – John Griffin, Cleveland, OH *1968 – Len Hutchins, Detroit, MI *1969 – Dave Matthews, Cleveland, OH *1970 – Nathaniel Jackson, Memphis, TN *1971 – Marvin Johnson, Indianapolis, IN *1972 – Hernando Molyneauz. New York, NY *1973 – D.C. Barker, Denver, CO *1974 – Leon Spinks, US Marines *1975 – Leon Spinks, US Marines *1976 – Leon Spinks, US Marines *1977 – Larry Strogen, Shert, LA *1978 – Elmer Martin, US Navy *1979 – Tony Tucker, Grand Rapids, MI *1980 – Jeff Lampkin *1981 – Alex DeLucia, Portland, OR *1982 – Bennie Heard, Augusta, GA *1983 – Ricky Womack, Detroit, MI *1984 – Loren Ross, US Army *1985 – Loren Ross, US Army *1986 – Loren Ross, US Army *1987 – Andrew Maynard, US Army *1988 – Andrew Maynard, US Army *1989 – Jeremy Williams, Long Beach, CA *1990 – Jeremy Williams, Long Beach, CA *1991 –

Terry McGroom Terry McGroom (March 16, 1966 – April 17, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2004. He challenged for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2001. Early life McGroom attended Wells High School in Chicago, which was "full ...

, Chicago, IL *1992 – Montell Griffin, Chicago, IL *1993 – Antonio Tarver, Orlando, FL *1994 – Benjamin McDowell, Fort Bragg, NC *1995 – Antonio Tarver, Orlando, FL *1996 – Anthony Stewart, Chicago, IL *1997 – Anthony Stewart, Chicago, IL *1998 –

Olanda Anderson Olanda Anderson (born November 16, 1972) is an American former boxer best known for being a member of the 2000 United States Olympic Team as a light heavyweight. Background Born in Sumter, South Carolina, Anderson became a U.S. Army Staff Se ...

, Fort Carson, CO *1999 – Michael Simms Jr., Sacramento, CA *2000 –

, Fort Carson, CO *2001 – DeAndrey Abron, Fort Carson, CO *2002 –

Curtis Stevens Curtis Palmer Stevens (June 1, 1898 – May 15, 1979) was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The national champion for bobsleigh in th ...

, Brooklyn, NY *2003 – Andre Ward, Oakland, CA *2004 – Marcus “Marker” Johnson, Killeen, TX *2005 – William Rosinsky, Queens, NY *2006 – James Brumley,Manchester, KY *2007 –

Christopher Downs Christopher Downs (born November 5, 1974) is a US-American amateur boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games 2007. Career A member of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program, Sergeant Christopher Downs only took up boxing i ...

, Fort Carson, CO *2008 – Dorian Anthony, Lynwood, CA *2009 – Robert Brant, Oakdale, MN *2010 – Jeffery Spencer, Fountain, CO *2011 –

Jesse Hart Jesse Hart (born August 14, 1989) is an American professional boxer who has challenged twice for the WBO super middleweight title; firstly in 2017 and again in 2018. Early life and amateur career Jesse Hart is the son of former Philly middlewe ...

, Philadelphia, PA *2012 – Marcus Brown, Staten Island, NY *2015 – Heniel Alfonso Luciano, Brooklyn, New York *2016 - Devonte “Bully” Campbell, Manhattan, New York

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