Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

 Light Heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

 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

USA Boxing

USA Boxing is the national governing body for Olympic-style amateur boxing. It is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Amateur Boxing Association , who sets its rules....

, 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 two premier amateur boxing tournaments, the other being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur light heavyweight champion.

• 1913 - Joe Brown
  Joe Brown (boxer)
  Joe Brown was an accomplished boxer who won the undisputed Lightweight Championship of the World in 1956, making 11 successful defences before losing his crown in his old age to Carlos Ortiz in 1962. Brown was a classic boxer and a knockout puncher...
  
  , 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
  Leon Lucas
  Leonard "Leon" Lucas was an American boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Camden, New Jersey....
  
  , 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
  Joe Louis
  Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time...
  
  , 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, 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
  -Amateur career:Joiner was the 1962 National Golden Gloves and National AAU Light-Heavyweight Champion and compiled an Amateur record of 86-6 . Joiner won the National Golden Gloves with a win over Gerald McClure of Toledo, Ohio. Joiner also fought Muhammed Ali twice as an amateur...
  
  , Cincinnati, OH
• 1963 - Fred Lewis, US Air Force
• 1964 - Bob Christopherson, US Air Force
• 1965 - Roger Russell, Philadelphia, PA
• 1966 - John Griffin
  John Griffin
  -Sports personalities:*John Griffin , English doctor who played international rugby for Wales*John Charles Griffin , American boxer known as Corn Griffin*John-Ford Griffin , American Major League Baseball outfielder...
  
  , Cleveland, OH
• 1967 - John Griffin
  John Griffin
  -Sports personalities:*John Griffin , English doctor who played international rugby for Wales*John Charles Griffin , American boxer known as Corn Griffin*John-Ford Griffin , American Major League Baseball outfielder...
  
  , Cleveland, OH
• 1968 - Len Hutchins, Detroit, MI
• 1969 - Dave Matthews
  Dave Matthews (boxer)
  Dave Matthews is a former American professional boxer.-Amateur career:Mathews had a strong amateur career, winning the National AAU Light Heavyweight Championship in 1969 and was also a National Golden Gloves champ...
  
  , Cleveland, OH
• 1970 - Nathaniel Jackson, Memphis, TN
• 1971 - Marvin Johnson
  Marvin Johnson
  Marvin Johnson is a former boxer from the United States, who fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter...
  
  , Indianapolis, IN
• 1972 - Hernando Molyneauz. New York, NY
• 1973 - D.C. Barker, Denver, CO
• 1974 - Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world...
  
  , US Marines
• 1975 - Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world...
  
  , US Marines
• 1976 - Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world...
  
  , US Marines
• 1977 - Larry Strogen, Shrevport, LA
• 1978 - Elmer Martin, US Navy
• 1979 - Tony Tucker
  Tony Tucker
  Tony Craig Tucker is a retired professional heavyweight boxer. Tucker fought professionally from 1980 to 1998. Nicknamed "TNT," he won a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games, and was briefly a world heavyweight champion as a professional.-Amateur career:Tucker had a notable amateur career,...
  
  , Grand Rapids, MI
• 1980 - Jeff Lampkin
  Jeff Lampkin
  Jeff Lampkin is a former American professional boxer. During his 11-year professional career, Lampkin won the USBA cruiserweight title and IBF cruiserweight belt.- Amateur career :...
  
  
• 1981 - Alex DeLucia, Portland, OR
• 1982 - Bennie Heard, Augusta, GA
• 1983 - Ricky Womack
  Ricky Womack
  Ricky Womack was a professional boxer from the United States.-Amateur Highlights:Womack had an outstanding amateur career, and beat future legend Evander Holyfield twice.Selected Bouts :1982...
  
  , Detroit, MI
• 1984 - Loren Ross
  Loren Ross
  Loren "The Boss" Ross is a former professional heavyweight boxer.- Amateur career :Ross won the 1984, 1985, and 1986 United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Championships. This feat was also accomplished by future Heavyweight Champions Cassius Clay known better as Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks...
  
  , US Army
• 1985 - Loren Ross
  Loren Ross
  Loren "The Boss" Ross is a former professional heavyweight boxer.- Amateur career :Ross won the 1984, 1985, and 1986 United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Championships. This feat was also accomplished by future Heavyweight Champions Cassius Clay known better as Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks...
  
  , US Army
• 1986 - Loren Ross
  Loren Ross
  Loren "The Boss" Ross is a former professional heavyweight boxer.- Amateur career :Ross won the 1984, 1985, and 1986 United States Amateur Light Heavyweight Championships. This feat was also accomplished by future Heavyweight Champions Cassius Clay known better as Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks...
  
  , US Army
• 1987 - Andrew Maynard, US Army
• 1988 - Andrew Maynard, US Army
• 1989 - Jeremy Williams
  Jeremy Williams (boxer)
  Jeremy Williams is a former professional boxer and mixed martial artist.-Amateur career:As an amateur, he was the 1989 and 1990 United States amateur Light Heavyweight champion and the 1990 and 1991 National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight champion, and is a member of the Golden Gloves hall of...
  
  , Long Beach, CA
• 1990 - Jeremy Williams
  Jeremy Williams (boxer)
  Jeremy Williams is a former professional boxer and mixed martial artist.-Amateur career:As an amateur, he was the 1989 and 1990 United States amateur Light Heavyweight champion and the 1990 and 1991 National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight champion, and is a member of the Golden Gloves hall of...
  
  , Long Beach, CA
• 1991 - Terry McGroom
  Terry McGroom
  Terry McGroom was a boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Amateur career:McGroom had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional. He was a National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight champion in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1992 and a National Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion in 1991...
  
  , Chicago, IL
• 1992 - Montell Griffin
  Montell Griffin
  Montell Julian Griffin is an American boxer. He is best known for his two bouts at Light Heavyweight with Roy Jones Jr.- Professional career :...
  
  , Chicago, IL
• 1993 - Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....
  
  , Orlando, FL
• 1994 - Benjamin McDowell, Fort Bragg, NC
• 1995 - Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....
  
  , Orlando, FL
• 1996 - Anthony Stewart, Chicago, IL
• 1997 - Anthony Stewart, Chicago, IL
• 1998 - Olanda Anderson
  Olanda Anderson
  Olanda Anderson is a former US American boxer best known for being a Member of the 2000 United States Olympic Team as a Light Heavyweight.-Pro:...
  
  , Fort Carson, CO
• 1999 - Michael Simms Jr., Sacramento, CA
• 2000 - Olanda Anderson
  Olanda Anderson
  Olanda Anderson is a former US American boxer best known for being a Member of the 2000 United States Olympic Team as a Light Heavyweight.-Pro:...
  
  , Fort Carson, CO
• 2001 - DeAndrey Abron
  DeAndrey Abron
  -Amateur:Abron had a stellar amateur career. He was the National Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion in 2001 and also was the 2003 National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champion. class member of the East High Golden Bears where he now lives in Colorado springs...
  
  , Fort Carson, CO
• 2002 - Curtis Stevens
  Curtis Stevens (boxer)
  -Amateur:Stevens was an amateur standout, and was the National Amateur Light Heavyweight Champion in 2002.-Pro:"Showtime" Stevens turned pro in 2004 and has been featured several times on ESPN Friday Night Fights. In 2007 he lost to Andre Dirrell, and in 2010 was shockingly upset by Jesse Brinkley...
  
  , Brooklyn, NY
• 2003 - Andre Ward
  Andre Ward
  Andre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...
  
  , Oakland, CA
• 2004 - Marcus Johnson, Killeen, TX
• 2005 - William Rosinsky
  Will Rosinsky
  Will "Power" Rosinsky , is an emergency medical technician with the FDNY and professional boxer hailing from Queens, NY.- Amateur career :...
  
  , Queens, NY
• 2006 - Christopher Downs
  Christopher Downs
  Christopher Downs is a US-American amateur boxer best known to win bronze at the Pan American Games 2007 at light heavyweight.-Career:A member of the U.S...
  
  , Fort Carson, CO
• 2007 - Christopher Downs
  Christopher Downs
  Christopher Downs is a US-American amateur boxer best known to win bronze at the Pan American Games 2007 at light heavyweight.-Career:A member of the U.S...
  
  , Fort Carson, CO
• 2008 - Dorian Anthony, Lynwood, CA
• 2009 - Robert Brant
  Robert Brant
  Robert Brant is a light heavyweight amateur boxer from Oakdale, Minnesota.Brant is a member of the US National boxing team. He began boxing as an amateur in 2007 and by 2009, remarkably, had already won a national championship. Brant fights under the banner of the White Bear Lake golden gloves...
  
  , Oakdale, MN
• 2010 - Jeffery Spencer, Fountain, CO