This is a list of United States national Golden Gloves champions in the light heavyweight division, along with the state or region they represented. The weight limit for light heavyweights was first contested at 175 lb (79 kg), but was increased to 178 lb (81 kg) in 1972.
- 1928 - Dave Maier - Chicago
- 1929 - Edward Wills - Chicago
- 1930 - Buck Everett - Gary
- 1931 - Jack Kranz - Gary
- 1932 - Vernon Miller - Davenport
- 1933 - Max Marek - Chicago
- 1934 - Joe Louis - Detroit
- 1935 - Joe Bauer - Cleveland
- 1936 - Carl Vinciquerra - Omaha
- 1937 - Herman West - Centralia
- 1938 - Linto Guerrieri - Rockford
- 1939 - Jimmy Reeves - Cleveland
- 1940 - James Richie - St. Louis
- 1941 - Hezzie Williams - Chicago
- 1942 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth
- 1943 - Reedy Evans - Chicago
- 1944 - Ray Standdifer - Cleveland
- 1945 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth
- 1946 - Bob Foxworth - St. Louis
- 1947 - Dan Bucceroni - Kenosha
- 1948 - Buddy Turner - Cincinnati
- 1949 - Wesbury Bascom - St. Louis
- 1950 - Jesse Brown - Toledo
- 1951 - Bobby Jackson - Cleveland
- 1952 - Eddie Jones - Chicago
- 1953 - Calvin Butler - Cleveland
- 1954 - Orville Pitts - Dayton
- 1955 - Eddie Jenkins - Detroit
- 1956 - Jim Boyd - Montgomery
- 1957 - Ernest Terrell - Chicago
- 1958 - Kent Green - Chicago
- 1959 - Cassius Clay - Louisville
- 1960 - Jefferson Davis- Nashville
- 1961 - Charles Williams - St. Louis
- 1962 - Billy Joiner - Cincinnati
- 1963 - Ted Gullick - Cleveland
- 1964 - Harley Cooper - Omaha
- 1965 - Larry Charleston - Detroit
- 1966 - Gerald Pate - Milwaukee
- 1967 - Brady Bredzeal - Los Angeles
- 1968 - Leonard Hutchins - Detroit
- 1969 - Dave Mathews - Cleveland
- 1970 - Felton Wood - Grand Rapids
- 1971 - Marvin Johnson - Indianapolis
- 1972 - Verbie Garland - Toledo
- 1973 - D. C. Barker - Rocky Mountain
- 1974 - Robert Stewart - Lowell
- 1975 - Gene Ratliff - Little Rock
- 1976 - Rick Jester - Detroit
- 1977 - Neil Coleman - Virginia
- 1978 - Charles Singleton - Pennsylvania
- 1979 - Lee Roy Murphy - Chicago
- 1980 - Steve Eden - Iowa
- 1981 - Johnny Williams - Chicago
- 1982 - Keith Vining - Detroit
- 1983 - Ricky Womack - Detroit
- 1984 - Evander Holyfield - Knoxville
- 1985 - Donald Stephens - Fort Worth
- 1986 - Harvey Richards - Illinois
- 1987 - Terry McGroom - Chicago
- 1988 - Terry McGroom - Springfield
- 1989 - Terry McGroom - Springfield
- 1990 - Jeremy Williams - Iowa
- 1991 - Jeremy Williams - Detroit
- 1992 - Terry McGroom - Illinois
- 1993 - Benjamin McDowell - Knoxville
- 1994 - Antonio Tarver - Sunshine State
- 1995 - Glenn Robinson - New York metropolitan area
- 1996 - Tim Williamson - Pennsylvania
- 1997 - BJ Flores - Kansas City
- 1998 - Steve Cunningham - Washington
- 1999 - Michael Simms - California
- 2000 - Arthur Palac - Detroit
- 2001 - Chris Arreola - California
- 2002 - Allan Green - Oklahoma
- 2003 - DeAndrey Abron - New Mexico
- 2004 - De'Rae Crane - Iowa
- 2005 - Rommel Rene - Florida
- 2006 - Yathomas Riley - California
- 2007 - Siju Shabazz - Colorado
- 2008 - Derrick Geer Knoxville
- 2009 - D'Quadre Allen - Florida
- 2010 - Toury Barrows - Michigan
- 2011 - Caleb Plant - Knoxville
- 2012 - Jerry Odom - Washington D.C.
- 2013 - Steven Nelson - Omaha
- 2014 - Malcolm McAllister - Long Beach
- 2015 - Devonte Campbell - Newark
- 2016 - Damion Scarborough - Georgia
- 2017 - Abel Gonzalez - Florida
- 2023 - Julian Delgado - Corpus Christi, Texas
References
- "Past Champions" Archived August 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Golden Gloves. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- "2013 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions". USA Boxing. May 18, 2013. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014.
- "2014 National Golden Gloves". USA Boxing. May 17, 2014. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015.
- "2015 Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions". Golden Gloves of America. May 16, 2015 – via Facebook.
- "2016 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions: Championship Finals" (PDF). USA Boxing. May 21, 2016.
- "2017 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions". USA Boxing. May 6, 2017. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017.