Below is a list of National
Amateur Boxing Welterweight
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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
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, the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the
International Amateur Boxing Association
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(AIBA). It is one of four premier
amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the
National Golden Gloves
The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States, where they are awarded a belt and a ring. And the title of nations champion is awarded. The Golden Gloves is a term used to refer to the Nationa ...
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
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, Houston, TX
*1966 -
James Wallington
James ("Jim") Robert Wallington (July 28, 1944 – April 20, 1988) was an American welterweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
Wallington won the bron ...
, US Army
*1967 - James Wallington, US Army
*1968 -
Joe Louis Valdez, Houston, TX
*1969 -
Rudy Bolds, Pittsburgh, PA
*1970 -
Quincy Daniel, US Navy
*1971 -
Ray Seales, Tacoma, WA
*1972 -
Carlos Palomino, Westminster, CA
*1973 -
Randy Shields
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, Los Angeles, CA
*1974 -
Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, MD
*1975 - Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, MD
*1976 -
Milton Seward
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, Columbus, OH
*1977 -
Thomas Hearns
Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more famously "The Hitman", Hearns's tall, slender build and oversized arms and shoulders allowe ...
, 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 Lemuel is a Hebrew name, meaning "devoted to God", which may refer to:
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, St. Louis, MO
*1980 -
Johnny Bumphus
Johnny 'Bump City' Bumphus (August 17, 1960 – January 31, 2020) was an American professional boxer who held the WBA super lightweight title in 1984 and challenged once for the WBC and IBF welterweight titles in 1987.
Amateur career
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
Todd Foster (born August 27, 1967, in Great Falls, Montana) is a former American boxer in the Welterweight division.
Amateur career
Foster was an amateur boxing standout. In the Light welterweight division, he was the 1987 National Golden Gloves ...
, Great Falls, MT
*1989 -
Ray Lovato, Sacramento, CA
*1990 -
Stevie Johnston, 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 world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF l ...
, 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, Cincinnati, OH
*1999 -
Ricardo Williams, Jr., Cincinnati, OH
*1999 - Ricardo Williams, Jr., Cincinnati, OH
*2000 -
Anthony Thompson, Philadelphia, PA
*2001 -
Rock Allen
Rock Allen (born September 5, 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2009. As an amateur, he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Allen is a twin and son of famous boxing trainer N ...
, Philadelphia, PA
*2002 - Rock Allen, Philadelphia, PA
*2003 -
Lamont Peterson, 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 t ...
, St. Louis, MO
*2005 -
Karl Dargan
Karl Sharif Dargan (born June 17, 1985) is an American boxer. Nicknamed "The Dynamite", Dargan is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games in the Men's Light Welterweight.
Career Amateur
Dargan began boxing at age seven in 1 ...
, 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.
P ...
, Commerce, CA
*2008 -
Danny O'Connor, Framingham, MA
*2009 -
Frankie Gomez, Los Angeles, CA
*2010 -
Pedro Sosa
Pedro Sosa (born February 6, 1987) is a former American football offensive tackle for the Hartford Colonials of the defunct United Football League. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college footba ...
, Bronx, NY
*2011 -
Semajay Thomas, Chicago, IL
*2012 -
Jamel Herring
Jamel William Herring (born October 30, 1985) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBO junior lightweight title from 2019 to 2021. As of November 2020, he is ranked as the world's fourth best active junior lightweight by '' The ...
, Coram, NY/United States Marine Corps.
*2014 -
Andrew Kabangai, Philadelphia, PA
*2019 -
Jameel Fields-Carr, Omaha, Ne
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