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List of US national Golden Gloves heavyweight champions; List of US national Golden Gloves super heavyweight champions This page was last ...
A pair of hanging golden boxing gloves is an iconic Golden Gloves image dating back to the late 1920s. 2011 Golden Gloves Boxing Championships in San Antonio The Golden Gloves of America is an organization that promotes annual competitions of amateur boxing in the United States, in which winners are awarded a belt and a ring, and the title of national champion.
This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the welterweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for welterweights was first contested at 147 lb (67 kg), but was increased to 152 lb (69 kg) in 2003. [1]
This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the heavyweight division, along with the state or region they represented. There was originally no weight limit for heavyweights until 1982, when the super heavyweight division was established and heavyweights were limited to 200 lb (91 kg).
He again won the Michigan Golden Gloves tournament in 2007, but an injury hindered him in the 2007 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. In June 2007, at the U.S. Championships, Shimmell lost a 12–11 decision to Quantis Graves, missing the chance to compete in the United States Olympic Trials for the 2008 Olympics.
It is one of four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur 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 147lbs until 2002 when it was ...
Burton was born in Flint, Michigan. [3] He had a younger sister named Loretta. [4] A Flint Northern High School graduate, [5] he was a Michigan Golden Gloves heavyweight boxing champion and two-time all-state football player. At Northern, he played halfback. [5] In 1954, he scored 13 touchdowns and led his team in scoring.
This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the flyweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for flyweights was first contested at 112 lb (51 kg), but was increased to 114 lb (52 kg) in 2010.