Below is a list of National
Amateur Boxing
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Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...
Middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
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 the four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the
National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own
amateur middleweight 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 165lbs.
Winners
*1888 - P. Cahill, S.A.A.C.
*1889 - P. Cahill, S.A.A.C. and W.H. Stuckey, New York, New York
*1890 - P. Cahill, S.A.A.C
*1891 - W.H. Stuckey, New York, New York
*1892 - Not Held
*1893 - A. Black, PASC
*1894 - O. Harney, New York, New York
*1895 - M. Lewis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*1896 - George Schwegler, NYAC
*1897 - A. McIntosh, New York, New York
*1898 - Not Held
*1899 - A. McIntosh, New York, New York
*1900 - W. Rodenbach, New York, New York
*1901 - W. Rodenbach, New York, New York
*1902 - W. Rodenbach, New York, New York
*1903 - W. Rodenbach, New York, New York
*1904 - W. Rodenbach, New York, New York
*1905 -
Charles Mayer, St. Georgia
*1906 - Henry Ficke, San Francisco
*1907 - W. McKinnon, St. Phillip's
*1908 - Henry Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
*1909 - Dan Sullivan, Cambridge, Massachusetts
*1910 -
William Beckman, New York, New York
*1911 - Napoleon Boutellier, Boston, Massachusetts
*1912 - Arthur Sheridan, Brooklyn, New York
*1913 - William Barrett, New York, New York
*1914 - William Barrett, New York, New York
*1915 - Adolph Kaufman, New York, New York
*1916 - Adolph Kaufman, New York, New York
*1917 - Eugene Brosseau, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*1918 - Martin Burke, New Orleans, Louisiana
*1919 - Sam Lagonia, New York, New York
*1920 - Sam Lagonia, New York, New York
*1921 - Sam Lagonia, New York, New York
*1922 - William Antrobus, New York, New York
*1923 - Homer Robertson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*1924 -
Ben Funk, Yale University
*1925 - Clayton Frye, Los Angeles, California
*1926 - Arthur Flynn, Lawrence, Massachusetts
*1927 - Joseph Hanlon, New York, New York
*1928 -
Harry Henderson, Annapolis, Maryland
*1929 -
Ray Lopez
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, Watertown, Massachusetts
*1930 - Ring Larson, Quincy, Massachusetts
*1931 - Frank Fullam, New York, New York
*1932 - Fred Caserio, Chicago, Illinois
*1933 - Tom Chester, New York, New York
*1934 -
Fred Apostoli
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, San Francisco, California
*1935 -
Dave Clark, Detroit, Michigan
*1936 -
Jimmy Clark, Jamestown, New York
*1937 - Ted Cerwin, Detroit, Michigan
*1938 - Bradley Lewis, New York, New York
*1939 -
Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati, Ohio
*1940 -
Joey Maxim, Cleveland, Ohio
*1941 - James Mulligan, Lowell, Massachusetts
*1942 - Sampson Powell, Cleveland, Ohio
*1943 - Sampson Powell, Cleveland, Ohio
*1944 - Frank Sweeney, Washington, D.C.
*1945 - Allen Faulkner, Buffalo, New York
*1946 - Harold Anspach, Cherry Point, New York
*1947 - Nick Ranieri, Chicago, Illinois
*1948 - Raymond Bryan, New York, New York
*1949 - Albert Raymond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*1950 - Wes Echols, Atwater, California
*1951 - Thomas Nelson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*1952 -
Floyd Patterson, New York, New York
*1953 - Bryant Thompson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*1954 - Donald McCray, Roxbury, Massachusetts
*1955 - Paul Wright, U.S. Air Force
*1956 - Paul Wright, U.S. Air Force
*1957 - Alex Ford, Youngstown, Ohio
*1958 -
José Torres, New York, New York
*1959 - Jimmy McQueen, Elyria, Ohio
*1960 -
Leotis Martin
Leotis Martin (June 17, 1939 – November 20, 1995) was an American boxer, the first ever NABF heavyweight champion and is best known for his victory over former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. Martin was a good puncher and a fairly skille ...
, Toledo, Ohio
*1961 -
Leotis Martin
Leotis Martin (June 17, 1939 – November 20, 1995) was an American boxer, the first ever NABF heavyweight champion and is best known for his victory over former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. Martin was a good puncher and a fairly skille ...
, Toledo, Ohio
*1962 - Richard Gosha, Chicago, Illinois
*1963 - Robert Williams, U.S. Air Force
*1964 -
Will Cross
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He has ascended the highest peaks on all seven continents and walked to both the North and South Poles. He has also led expeditions to 15 unmapped, unexplor ...
, Portland, Oregon
*1965 - George Cooper, Oakland, California
*1966 - Martino Berzewski, San Antonio, Texas
*1967 - Len Hutchins, Detroit, Michigan
*1968 -
Al Jones, Detroit, Michigan
*1969 - Larry Ward, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*1970 - John Magnum, Michigan
*1971 - Joey Hadley, Memphis, Tennessee
*1972 - Mike Colbert, Portland, Oregon
*1973 -
Marvin Hagler, Brockton, Massachusetts
*1974 - Vonzell Johnson, Columbus, Ohio
*1975 -
Tommy Brooks, U.S. Air Force
*1976 - Keith Broom, U.S. Navy
*1977 - Jerome Bennett, U.S. Air Force
*1978 - Jeff McCracken, U.S. Marines
*1979 -
Alex Ramos
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, Bronx, New York
*1980 -
Martin Pierce, Flint, Michigan
*1981 - Michael Grogan, Atlanta, Georgia
*1982 - Michael Grogan, Atlanta, Georgia
*1983 - Michael Grogan, Atlanta, Georgia
*1984 -
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*Percy Harris (lawyer), British barrister
*Percy Harris (politician), British politician
See also
*Percy Harris Bowers, Anglican priest
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* Percy Harrison ( ...
, Baltimore, Maryland
*1985 -
Darin Allen, Columbus, Ohio
*1986 -
Anthony Hembrick
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, U.S. Army
*1987 -
Anthony Hembrick
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, U.S. Army
*1988 - Jerome James, Sioux Falls, SD
*1989 -
Ray Lathon
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Amateur career
Known as "Lethal", Lathon was a stellar amateur and, in 1989, he was the U.S. Amateur Middleweight champion and won t ...
, St. Louis, Missouri
*1990 - Michael DeMoss, U.S. Marines
*1991 -
Chris Byrd, Flint, Michigan
*1992 -
Chris Byrd, Flint, Michigan
*1993 - Eric Wright, U.S. Army
*1994 - Shane Swartz, Fort Collins, Colorado
*1995 - Shane Swartz, Fort Collins, Colorado
*1996 -
Omar Sheika
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Raised in Paterson, New Jersey, Sheika attended Eastside High School and ...
, Paterson, New Jersey
*1997 - Jorge Hawley, Fontana, California
*1998 -
Jeff Lacy
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, St. Petersburg, Florida
*1999 - Arthur Palac, Hamtramck, Michigan
*2000 - Matt Godfrey, Providence, Rhode Island
*2001 -
Andre Ward, Oakland, California
*2002 - Julius Fogle, Fort Carson, Colorado
*2003 -
Andre Dirrell
Andre Dirrell (born September 7, 1983) is an American professional boxer who held the IBF interim super middleweight title from 2017 to 2018. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 2004 Olympics. His younger bro ...
, Flint, Michigan
*2004 - James Johnson, Converse, Texas
*2005 -
Edwin Rodriguez, Worcester, Massachusetts
*2006 -
Daniel Jacobs, Brooklyn
*2007 -
Fernando Guerrero, Salisbury, Maryland
*2008 - Luis Arias, Milwaukee, WI
*2009 -
Terrell Gausha
Terrell Maurice Gausha ( ; born September 9, 1987) is an American professional boxer who challenged for the WBA and IBO light middleweight titles in 2017. As an amateur he represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the middl ...
, Cleveland, OH
*2010 - Saul Jr Jimenez, Oklahoma City, Ok
*2011 -
Chris Pearson, Trotwood, OH
*2012 -
Terrell Gausha
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, Cleveland, OH
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