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For the honor in Major League Baseball
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, see Gold Glove.

The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing
Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. 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....
, and the New York Golden Gloves
New York 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 Intercity Golden Gloves....
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The national contest is sponsored and controlled by the Golden Gloves Association of America, Inc.






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For the honor in Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
, see Gold Glove.

The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing
Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. 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....
, and the New York Golden Gloves
New York 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 Intercity 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....
 amateur tournament, which is for amateur pugilists age 8 to 15 years old.

History

In 1927 Paul Gallico
Paul Gallico

Paul William Gallico was a successful American novelist, short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goose, his only real critical success, and for the novel The Poseidon Adventure, primarily through the 1972 film adaptation....
, sports editor of the New York Daily News
New York Daily News

The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703,137, as of March 30, 2008....
 conducted an amateur boxing tournament; Capt. Joseph M. Patterson suggested naming it the “Golden Gloves”. The Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune

"The Trib" redirects here. For other newspapers with similar names, see Tribune The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company....
, which also owned the New York Daily News, then announced it would conduct a “Golden Gloves” tournament the following spring. (The March 1950 issue of The Ring
The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication....
 states that the Chicago Tribune started the tournament first, in 1926, then Gallico started his in 1927, and named it the Golden Gloves.) Arch Ward and Don Maxwell of the Tribune suggested to Gallico to have the New York Golden Gloves Champions meet the Chicago Champions in the Chicago Coliseum March 24, 1928—starting an intercity rivalry that lasted until 1961.

From their inception, and up through World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, the Chicago and New York titles were considered most elite. Not always did the Chicago champion fight the New York champion, however. With the demise of the local clubs, and the introduction of television after the war, the Intercity bouts became more significant for the times.

In 1935 the Golden Gloves expanded to include teams from other cities, provided they were sponsored by a newspaper or radio station; 38 teams entered the first year. It became known as the “Tournament of Champions”. In 1934 Joe Louis
Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was a List of Heavyweight Champions.Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, he is considered to be one of the greatest in boxing history....
 of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
 won the 175-pound title.

In 1941, Chicago had its North, South, and West sectional champions meet and reduced to just one team. The Chicago Tribune last sponsored the Tournament of Champions in 1963. In 1964 Stan Gallup started what today is called the “Golden Gloves of America Tournament”, when 32 national champions entered. The Chicago Tribune stopped its sponsorship after the 1984 tournament. There was no Chicago tournament in 1985. Cedric Kushner started it again in 1986.

Other Chicago Tournament Champions who went on to win professional world titles include: Barney Ross
Barney Ross

Barney Ross, born Dov-Ber Rasofsky was a boxing. After his beloved father, a rabbi, dies in his arms after being shot in a robbery, Ross, a rabbinical student: loses his faith in God and abandons his studies; becomes a street brawler alongside his buddy Jack Ruby; goes to work for Al Capone; transforms himself into the first three weight-cla...
 (1929) (the first Golden-Glover to become a titleholder), Leo Rodak
Leo Rodak

Leo Rodak is an American boxer from Chicago. Leo was undefeated in his first 22 fights. with one of those wins coming against Tommy Paul.From 1931-1933 Leo fought in the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament....
 (1931, 1932, 1933), Ezzard Charles
Ezzard Charles

Ezzard Mack Charles was an African-American professional boxer and former List of Heavyweight Champions of the world.He was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Georgia , but is commonly thought of as a Cincinnati, Ohio....
 (1939), Joey Maxim
Joey Maxim

Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli, , was an USA Boxing. He was a light heavyweight champion of the world. He took the ring-name Joey Maxim from the Maxim gun, the world's first self-acting machine gun, based on his ability to rapidly throw a large number of left jabs....
 (1940), Harold Dade
Harold Dade

Harold Dade was an United States boxing and Bantamweight champion....
 (1940, 1941), Wallace Bud Smith (1948), Sonny Liston
Sonny Liston

Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was a professional boxing who became List of Heavyweight Champions in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round....
 (1953), Ernie Terrell
Ernie Terrell

Ernie Terrell is an United States singer, record producer, and former World Boxing Association List of heavyweight boxing champions.Terrell is the older brother of The Supremes's early 1970s lead singer Jean Terrell....
 (1957), and Cassius Clay (1959, 1960). Other Golden Glovers include Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight....
, Lou Salica, Georgie Pace, Gus Lesnevich
Gus Lesnevich

Gustav George Lesnevich was an American boxing. Lesnevich was born and raised in Cliffside Park, NJ.Lesnevich turned pro in 1934 and in 1940 took on National Boxing Association World Light Heavyweight Title holder Billy Conn, but lost a decision....
, Tony Zale
Tony Zale

Anthony Florian Zaleski was an United States boxing. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname,"Man of Steel." In addition, he had the reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win, reinforcing that nickname....
, Bob Pastor, Petey Scalzo
Petey Scalzo

Petey Scalzo is an American boxer from Brooklyn New York.Petey Scalzo fought Frankie Covelli for the National Boxing Association World featherweight title at Griffith Stadium Petey beat Covelli by TKO....
, Bob Satterfield
Bob Satterfield

Bob "Bombardier" Satterfield , was a heavyweight boxer who fought from 1945-1957. Satterfield, who never fought for the title, retired with a record of 50 wins , 25 losses and 4 draws....
 and Billy Soose
Billy Soose

Billy Soose was an American boxer who won the world middleweight championship in 1941.After a collegiate boxing career, Soose became a professional boxer in 1938....
.

USA Franchises



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....
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
New York Metro Golden Gloves
New York 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 Intercity Golden Gloves....
, http://www.usaboxingmetro.com
Omaha Golden Gloves
Pennsylvania Golden Gloves, http://www.pagoldengloves.com
Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves
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
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
's Guantes De Oro (literally "Gloves Of Gold" in Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
).

National Golden Gloves Champions

Below are the lists of the national Golden Gloves championships, by division:
  • National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champions
    National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champions

    Below 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....
  • National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions
    National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions

    Below is a list of National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented:*1928 - Walter Radke - Chicago...
  • National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champions
    National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champions

    Below 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 Champions
    National Golden Gloves Middleweight Champions

    Below 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 Champions
    National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champions

    Below 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....
  • National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champions
    National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champions

    Below 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 Champions
    National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Champions

    Below 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 Champions
    National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champions

    Below 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 Champions
    National Golden Gloves Featherweight Champions

    Below 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 Champions
    National Golden Gloves Bantamweight Champions

    Below 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 Champions
    National Golden Gloves Flyweight Champions

    Below 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...
  • National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champions
    National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champions

    Below 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 Divisions
    National Golden Gloves Champions

    Below 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:...


Notable Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions winners include:

  • Muhammad Ali
  • Oscar de la Hoya
    Oscar de la Hoya

    Oscar De La Hoya — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an United States boxing and promoter who won a List of Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
  • Michael Flatley
    Michael Flatley

    Michael Ryan Flatley is an Irish-American Irish dance, flautist and choreographer who became internationally known through his theatre musicals, Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and others....
  • George Foreman
    George Foreman

    George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
  • Joe Frazier
    Joe Frazier

    Joseph William Frazier, known as Smokin' Joe, is a former Olympic and World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, active mostly from the later 1960s to the mid 1970s....
  • Rodolfo Gonzales
    Rodolfo Gonzales

    Rodolfo Gonz?lez was a Mexican American Boxing,Poetry, and political Activism. He convened the first-ever Chicano youth conference in March 1969, which was attended by many future Chicano activists and artists....
  • Evander Holyfield
    Evander Holyfield

    Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
  • Roy Jones Jr.
    Roy Jones Jr.

    Roy Jones, Jr. is an United States boxer. Jones was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association of America. As a professional he captured IBF championships in the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions....
  • Gregory Gibbs
  • Sugar Ray Leonard
    Sugar Ray Leonard

    Ray Charles Leonard is a retired American professional boxing. Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler....
  • Sonny Liston
    Sonny Liston

    Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was a professional boxing who became List of Heavyweight Champions in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round....
  • Joe Louis
    Joe Louis

    Joseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was a List of Heavyweight Champions.Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, he is considered to be one of the greatest in boxing history....
  • Floyd Mayweather Jr
  • Michael Spinks
    Michael Spinks

    Michael Spinks a native of St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri, is a former boxing who was champion in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight division....
  • Demetrius Andrade
    Demetrius Andrade

    Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade is a professional Boxing from the United States best known for winning the 2007 world championships. He made his professional debut October 23, 2008....


Notable Golden Gloves winners for the state of New York include:
  • Riddick Bowe
    Riddick Bowe

    Riddick Lamont Bowe is an United States Boxing and former undisputed heavyweight champion. He is best remembered for his trilogy of fights with Evander Holyfield and two brutal bouts with Andrew Golota....
  • Mark Breland
    Mark Breland

    Mark Anthony Breland is a former world champion boxing, who won five New York Golden Gloves Titles and a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
  • Gerry Cooney
    Gerry Cooney

    Gerry Cooney is a retired boxing from Huntington, New York, New York best known for his Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney to Larry Holmes in one of the most celebrated boxing matches in history....
  • Chris Eubank
    Chris Eubank

    Chris Eubank is a retired boxer and English celebrity who held the WBO Middleweight and Super Middleweight titles. He was world champion for over five years and undefeated as a middleweight....
  • Yuri Foreman
    Yuri Foreman

    Yuri Foreman is a 5'11" undefeated professional Israeli middleweight boxing....
  • Emile Griffith
    Emile Griffith

    Emile Alphonse Griffith is a former boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who won world championships in both the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions....
  • Zab Judah
    Zab Judah

    Zabdiel Judah is an American Professional boxing, who is a former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization junior welterweight champion and former List of undisputed boxing champions#Welterweight and is ranked #9 in the welterweight division by The Ring ....
  • Paulie Malignaggi
  • Kevin Kelley
    Kevin Kelley

    Kevin Kelley is a professional boxing and former television commentator....
  • Marc Mero
    Marc Mero

    Marc Merowitz is an United States retired Amateur boxing and Professional wrestling. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Entertainment as Marc Mero and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Johnny B....
  • Joe Mesi
    Joe Mesi

    "Baby" Joe Mesi is an American Boxing and former #1 contender to the World Boxing Council heavyweight title....
  • Dennis Milton
    Dennis Milton

    Dennis Milton is a retired United States boxing....
  • Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
    Eddie Mustafa Muhammad

    Eddie Mustafa Muhammad was an United States boxing....
     fighting as Eddie Gregory
  • Floyd Patterson
    Floyd Patterson

    Floyd Patterson was an American 2-time List of Heavyweight Champions. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the 1st to regain it....
  • Alex Ramos
    Alex Ramos

    Alex Ramos is a former Boxing from the 1980s who was a middleweight of note. A native of Manhattan, New York, he is Puerto Rican American by his parents' side....
  • Sugar Ray Robinson
    Sugar Ray Robinson

    Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight....
  • Kevin Rooney
    Kevin Rooney

    Kevin Rooney is a former boxer and a current boxing trainer....
  • Dmitry Salita
    Dmitry Salita

    Dmitry Salita is a Ukraine undefeated boxing in the junior welterweight division.He has a 28-0-1 record, with 16 KOs. He is , and his reach is 69"....
  • Jeremy Thompson
    Jeremy Thompson

    Jeremy Thompson is a newsreader on Sky News, regularly presenting Live at Five weeknights at 5pm.Thompson is frequently Sky News' leading anchor on major stories, often presenting on location....
  • Mike Tyson
    Mike Tyson

    Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....


See also

  • Amateur Boxing
    Amateur boxing

    Amateur boxing is practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations....
  • USA Boxing
    USA Boxing

    USA Boxing is the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association ....
  • Spanish Golden Gloves
    Spanish Golden Gloves

    The Spanish Golden Gloves was a boxing tournament sponsored by Spanish newspapers in New York City and sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union ....
  • NCAA Boxing Championship
    NCAA Boxing Championship

    The following is a list of NCAA Team Champions in Boxing. The National Collegiate Athletic Association discontinued the boxing championship after 1960 in sports; however in 1976 in sports, American collegiate boxing was picked up again by the National Collegiate Boxing Association....
  • Golden Gloves Ltd
    Golden Gloves Ltd

    Golden 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


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