Golden Gloves
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The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing
in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves tournaments and other notable tournaments such as the Intercity Golden Gloves
, the Chicago Golden Gloves
, and the New York Golden Gloves
.
The national contest is sponsored and controlled by the Golden Gloves Association of America, Inc. Winners from regional Golden Gloves competitions compete in the national competition, called the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. The Tournament of Champions is held once a year, and a new tournament site is selected annually. The US Golden Gloves program is currently organized on a territorial basis to give all sections of the country representation. All tournaments are planned, promoted and directed by the Golden Gloves Charities and within the limits of the amateur boxing code.
The Golden Gloves are open to all non-professional pugilists age 16 and over. There is also a Silver Gloves
amateur tournament, which is for amateur pugilists age 10 to 15 years old.
Alabama Golden Gloves
Chicago Golden Gloves
Cincinnati Golden Gloves
Cleveland Golden Gloves, http://www.clevelandamateurgg.com
Colorado-New Mexico Golden Gloves
Detroit Golden Gloves
Florida Golden Gloves, http://floridagoldengloves.org
Hawaii Golden Gloves
Indiana Golden Gloves
Iowa Golden Gloves
Kansas City Golden Gloves, http://www.kcgoldengloves.com
Kansas-Oklahoma Golden Gloves
Knoxville Golden Gloves
Michigan Golden Gloves, http://www.michigangoldenglovesboxing.com
Mid-South Golden Gloves
Nevada Golden Gloves
New England Golden Gloves
New Jersey Golden Gloves, http://www.njgoldengloves.com
New York Metro Golden Gloves
, http://www.usaboxingmetro.com
Omaha Golden Gloves
Pennsylvania Golden Gloves, http://www.pagoldengloves.com
Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves, http://www.utahgoldengloves.org,http://www.rockymountaingoldengloves.org
St. Louis Golden Gloves
Syracuse Golden Gloves
Texas Golden Gloves, http://www.texasgoldengloves.com
Toledo Golden Gloves
Tri-State Golden Gloves
Upper Midwest Golden Gloves
Washington, D.C. Golden Gloves
Wisconsin Golden Gloves
(literally "Gloves Of Gold" in Spanish).
, Bobby Chacon
, Jimmy McCarter, and Lou Brooks.
Mathew Porcellino
BC Golden Gloves, Tacoma Golden Gloves, Seattle Golden Gloves and Oregon Golden Gloves.
Some notable Canadian boxers to win championships in two or more of the four locations include
Frank Albert Scott
, Freddy Stephen Fuller
, Earl McLeay, Dick Findlay and Clint Page from the Sixties.
Mathew Porcellino
The first BC Golden Gloves champions were:
Alan Dunn, Bob Hickey, Eric Burnell, Henry Devine, Kenny Lindsay, Phil Vickery and Wayne Morris
One that operated from 1954 to the early Sixties was the Vancouver Island Golden Gloves.
The first Vancouver Island Golden Boy was Victoria's Bert Wilkinson in 1954.
Some of the history was documented in various issues of the "Vancouver Island Boxing News" in 1983, and the
"BC Amateur Boxing News" between November 1983 and January 1986. Also, a poster of the 1954 tournament
and a photo of Bert Wilkinson was recently used in a video for the induction ceremony of the
Greater Victoria Hall of Fame held in November 2009.
List of Former Golden Gloves Champions, by division:
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...
in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves tournaments and other notable tournaments such as the Intercity Golden Gloves
Intercity Golden Gloves
This amateur boxing tournament is considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Chicago Golden Gloves and the New York Golden Gloves....
, the Chicago Golden Gloves
Chicago Golden Gloves
This amateur boxing tournament is considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Intercity Golden Gloves and the New York Golden Gloves. The tournament is also more formally known as the Chicago Tribune Charities Golden Gloves Tournament of...
, and the New York Golden Gloves
New York Golden Gloves
The New York Golden Gloves is a boxing tournament considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Chicago Golden Gloves....
.
The national contest is sponsored and controlled by the Golden Gloves Association of America, Inc. Winners from regional Golden Gloves competitions compete in the national competition, called the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. The Tournament of Champions is held once a year, and a new tournament site is selected annually. The US Golden Gloves program is currently organized on a territorial basis to give all sections of the country representation. All tournaments are planned, promoted and directed by the Golden Gloves Charities and within the limits of the amateur boxing code.
The Golden Gloves are open to all non-professional pugilists age 16 and over. There is also a Silver Gloves
Silver Gloves
The Silver Gloves is an annual competition for amateur boxing in the United States. The contest is sponsored by Ringside, Inc.The Silver Gloves are open to all non-professional pugilists age 10 to 15 years old. The Silver Gloves is not the Golden Gloves amateur tournament, which is for amateur...
amateur tournament, which is for amateur pugilists age 10 to 15 years old.
USA Franchises
Alabama Golden Gloves
Chicago Golden Gloves
Chicago Golden Gloves
This amateur boxing tournament is considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Intercity Golden Gloves and the New York Golden Gloves. The tournament is also more formally known as the Chicago Tribune Charities Golden Gloves Tournament of...
Cincinnati Golden Gloves
Cleveland Golden Gloves, http://www.clevelandamateurgg.com
Colorado-New Mexico Golden Gloves
Detroit Golden Gloves
Florida Golden Gloves, http://floridagoldengloves.org
Hawaii Golden Gloves
Indiana Golden Gloves
Iowa Golden Gloves
Kansas City Golden Gloves, http://www.kcgoldengloves.com
Kansas-Oklahoma Golden Gloves
Knoxville Golden Gloves
Michigan Golden Gloves, http://www.michigangoldenglovesboxing.com
Mid-South Golden Gloves
Nevada Golden Gloves
New England Golden Gloves
New Jersey Golden Gloves, http://www.njgoldengloves.com
New York Metro Golden Gloves
New York Golden Gloves
The New York Golden Gloves is a boxing tournament considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the three most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Chicago Golden Gloves....
, http://www.usaboxingmetro.com
Omaha Golden Gloves
Pennsylvania Golden Gloves, http://www.pagoldengloves.com
Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves, http://www.utahgoldengloves.org,http://www.rockymountaingoldengloves.org
St. Louis Golden Gloves
Syracuse Golden Gloves
Texas Golden Gloves, http://www.texasgoldengloves.com
Toledo Golden Gloves
Tri-State Golden Gloves
Upper Midwest Golden Gloves
Washington, D.C. Golden Gloves
Wisconsin Golden Gloves
Around the World
Other countries have similar amateur boxing awards, such as Mexico's Guantes De OroGuantes de oro
Guantes de oro is a 1961 Mexican film. It was directed byChano Urueta....
(literally "Gloves Of Gold" in Spanish).
Diamond Belt
In the past certain amateur tournaments would award the victor with a Diamond Belt as recognition of their amateur championship status. These tournaments were sponsored by various organizations and newspapers in the U.S. with the Philadelphia Inquirer being one of the more notable. Notable Diamond Belt winners include George ForemanGeorge Foreman
George Edward Foreman is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and successful entrepreneur...
, Bobby Chacon
Bobby Chacon
Bobby Chacon is an American former, two-time, world boxing champion.-Career:Chacon turned professional in 1972 and won his first 19 fights, including a win against former champion Jesus Castillo...
, Jimmy McCarter, and Lou Brooks.
Mathew Porcellino
Pacific North West Golden Gloves
Four major Golden Gloves annual tournaments that have taken place include:BC Golden Gloves, Tacoma Golden Gloves, Seattle Golden Gloves and Oregon Golden Gloves.
Some notable Canadian boxers to win championships in two or more of the four locations include
Frank Albert Scott
Frank Albert Scott
Frank Albert Scott is a former boxer and boxing coach.Frank won a bronze medal in the 1966 Commonwealth Games. He was a member of the Canadian Boxing Team in the 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth Games, and the 1967 Pan American Games....
, Freddy Stephen Fuller
Freddy Stephen Fuller
Freddy Stephen Fuller is an ex-amateur boxer from British Columbia, Canada. A member of the 1967 Canadian Pan Am Games boxing team, past Canadian Amateur Boxing Champion several times in the Sixties and 1970...
, Earl McLeay, Dick Findlay and Clint Page from the Sixties.
Mathew Porcellino
BC Golden Gloves
The annual Golden Gloves tournament in British Columbia, Canada has been a regular event since 1939.The first BC Golden Gloves champions were:
Alan Dunn, Bob Hickey, Eric Burnell, Henry Devine, Kenny Lindsay, Phil Vickery and Wayne Morris
Regional and Special Tournaments
From time to time, there have been special tournaments or regional Golden Gloves tournaments.One that operated from 1954 to the early Sixties was the Vancouver Island Golden Gloves.
The first Vancouver Island Golden Boy was Victoria's Bert Wilkinson in 1954.
Some of the history was documented in various issues of the "Vancouver Island Boxing News" in 1983, and the
"BC Amateur Boxing News" between November 1983 and January 1986. Also, a poster of the 1954 tournament
and a photo of Bert Wilkinson was recently used in a video for the induction ceremony of the
Greater Victoria Hall of Fame held in November 2009.
See also
- Amateur BoxingAmateur boxingAmateur 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...
- USA BoxingUSA BoxingUSA 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....
- Spanish Golden GlovesSpanish Golden GlovesThe Spanish Golden Gloves was a boxing tournament sponsored by El Diario La Prensa in the New York Metropolitan Area and sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union .Notable winners include:*Chris Eubank*Joe Cortez*José Torres*Kevin Kelley...
- NCAA Boxing ChampionshipNCAA Boxing ChampionshipThe following is a list of NCAA Team Champions in Boxing. The National Collegiate Athletic Association discontinued the boxing championship after 1960; however in 1976, American collegiate boxing was picked up again by the National Collegiate Boxing Association....
- Golden Gloves LtdGolden Gloves LtdGolden Gloves Limited is a boxing promotions company based on Johannesburg, South Africa.The company has a number of boxers on its books.They typically arrange World Title & South African Title fights at Carnival City Casino & Entertainment World...
South Africa
List of Former Golden Gloves Champions, by division:
- National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented:*1982 Warren Thompson - Washington, D.C.*1983 Craig Payne - Detroit*1984 Michael Williams - Lafayette...
- National Golden Gloves Heavyweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Heavyweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Golden Gloves is one of the two premier amateur boxing tournaments, the other being the United States National Boxing Championships, which is an annual national amateur boxing...
- National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. At its inception, the Light Heavyweight weight limit was 175 pounds, but in 1972 the maximum limit was increased to 178 pounds ....
- National Golden Gloves Middleweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Middleweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Middleweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Middleweight weight limit was 160 lbs until 1967, which a limit of 165 lbs was instituted....
- National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Light Middleweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The division was contested at 156 pounds, before being discontinued after 2002.*1967 - Jesse Valdez - Fort Worth, TX...
- National Golden Gloves Welterweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Welterweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Light Middleweight weight limit was contested at 147 pounds until 2003 when the Light middleweight class was eliminated...
- National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Light Welterweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Light Welterweight weight limit was first contested in 1967 at 139 pounds...
- National Golden Gloves Lightweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Lightweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Light Welterweight weight limit was first contested at 135 pounds...
- National Golden Gloves Featherweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Featherweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Featherweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Light Welterweight weight limit was first contested at 126 pounds...
- National Golden Gloves Bantamweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Bantamweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Bantamweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Light Welterweight weight limit was first contested at 118 pounds...
- National Golden Gloves Flyweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Flyweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Flyweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented.*1928 – Jimmy Chase – Chicago*1929 – Jimmy Chase – Chicago*1930 – Joe Espanoza – Chicago*1931 – Leo Rodak – Chicago...
- National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight ChampionsNational Golden Gloves Light Flyweight ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented.*1975 – Claudel Atkins – St...
- National Golden Gloves Champions By Year All DivisionsNational Golden Gloves ChampionsBelow is a list of National Golden Gloves Champions along with the year and weight class they were named champion and the state or region which they represented:Weight Champion Region*1928*112 - Jimmy Chase - Chicago...