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 ...
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 ...
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
The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an independent sport organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate cha ...
(AIBA). It is one of four premier
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 ...
tournaments, the others being the
National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own
amateur light welterweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials. It was contested at 139lbs until 2002 when it was changed to 141lbs.
*1952 -
Isaac Vaughn, Cleveland, OH
*1953 - J. Curet Alvarez, Puerto Rico
*1954 -
Bobby Shell, New York, NY
*1955 -
Robert Cofer, Philadelphia, PA
*1956 -
Tommy Thomas, Portland, OR
*1957 -
Vince Shomo, New York, NY
*1958 - Vince Shomo, New York, NY
*1959 -
Brian O'Shea, Chicago, IL
*1960 - Vince Shomo, New York, NY
*1961 - J. Caldwell, Shawano, WI
*1962 -
Jackie Range, Nashville, TN
*1963 -
Harold Finley, South Africa
*1964 -
Freddie Ward, Portland, OR
*1965 -
Ray Garay, Houston, TX
*1966 -
James Wallington, US Army
*1967 - James Wallington, US Army
*1968 -
Joe Louis Valdez, Houston, TX
*1969 -
Rudy Bolds, Pittsburgh, PA
*1970 -
Quincy Daniel
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, US Navy
*1971 -
Ray Seales
"Sugar" Ray Seales, (born September 4, 1952) is an American former boxer. He was the only American boxer to win a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he fought middleweight champion Marvin Hagler three times. He is also ...
, Tacoma, WA
*1972 -
Carlos Palomino
Carlos Palomino (born August 10, 1949) is a Mexican former professional boxer. Palomino is a former World Welterweight Champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Palomino is also an actor who has been featured in several tele ...
, Westminster, CA
*1973 -
Randy Shields, Los Angeles, CA
*1974 -
Ray Leonard
Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, he competed professiona ...
, Palmer Park, MD
*1975 - Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, MD
*1976 -
Milton Seward, Columbus, OH
*1977 -
Thomas Hearns, Detroit, MI
*1978 -
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, TX
*1979 -
Lemuel Steeples, St. Louis, MO
*1980 -
Johnny Bumphus, Nashville, TN
*1981 -
James Mitchell, US Army
*1982 -
Henry Hughes, Cleveland, OH
*1983 - Henry Hughes, Cleveland, OH
*1984 -
Elvis Yero, Miami Beach, FL
*1985 -
Nick Kakouris, St. Louis, MO
*1986 - Nick Kakouris, St. Louis, MO
*1987 -
Nick Kakouris, St. Louis, MO
*1988 -
Todd Foster, Great Falls, MT
*1989 -
Ray Lovato, Sacramento, CA
*1990 -
Stevie Johnston
Steven Earl Johnston (born September 28, 1972), best known as Stevie Johnston, is an American professional boxer and a two-time former WBC lightweight champion.
Amateur career
Johnston had a storied amateur career, compiling an amateur recor ...
, Denver, CO
*1991 -
Vernon Forrest
Vernon Forrest (February 12, 1971 – July 25, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC, IBF, ''Ring'' magazine and lineal welterweig ...
, Augusta, GA
*1992 -
Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971), often known by his nickname "Sugar" Shane Mosley, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2016. He held multiple triple champion, world championships in three weight classes, incl ...
, Pomona, CA
*1993 -
Lupe Sauzo, Tucson, AZ
*1994 -
Fareed Samad, Fort Bragg, NC
*1995 -
Arturo Ramos, San Antonio, TX
*1996 -
Hector Camacho, Jr., Orlando, FL
*1997 -
Keith Kemp
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, Cincinnati, OH
*1999 -
Ricardo Williams, Jr., Cincinnati, OH
*1999 - Ricardo Williams, Jr., Cincinnati, OH
*2000 -
Anthony Thompson, Philadelphia, PA
*2001 -
Rock Allen, Philadelphia, PA
*2002 - Rock Allen, Philadelphia, PA
*2003 -
Lamont Peterson
Lamont Peterson (born January 24, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2019. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF light welterweight title between 2011 and 2015, and the WBA (R ...
, Washington, DC
*2004 -
Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander (born February 10, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBC and IBF light welterweight titles in 2010, and the IBF welterweight title from 2012 to ...
, St. Louis, MO
*2005 -
Karl Dargan, Philadelphia, PA
*2006 - Karl Dargan, Philadelphia, PA
*2007 -
Javier Molina
Javier Molina Casillas (born January 2, 1990) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur, he won the 2007 U.S. National Championships at the age of 17 and represented the United States the following year at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Pe ...
, Commerce, CA
*2008 -
Danny O'Connor, Framingham, MA
*2009 -
Frankie Gomez
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, Los Angeles, CA
*2010 -
Pedro Sosa, Bronx, NY
*2011 -
Semajay Thomas, Chicago, IL
*2012 -
Jamel Herring, Coram, NY/United States Marine Corps.
*2014 -
Andrew Kabangai, Philadelphia, PA
*2019 -
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, Omaha, Ne
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