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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.
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.
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 ...
As a franchise of the National Golden Gloves, the New England Golden Gloves is the annual amateur boxing competition for the New England states. It has been held every year since 1945 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts .
This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the lightweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for lightweights was first contested at 135 lb (61 kg), but was lowered to 132 lb (60 kg) in 1967.
Prior to 1926, boxing in New York was limited to local intra-city bouts. Gambling and thrown matches were rampant. Boxing had a bad name. In fact, Chicago had run a Golden Gloves match for one year in 1922 before it was legislated out of existence in Illinois due to the illegal activities surrounding boxing.
It is one of four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur featherweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials.
At some point, the Chicago vs. New York Intercity Golden Gloves outgrew their initial capacity, and get to the national level. The 34th Intercity Golden Gloves in 1961 were actually the National Golden Gloves, as boxers from other states were included both into the Chicago team and the N.Y. team; only a few Chicagoans and New Yorkers participated.