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 (81 kg).
1928 - Dave Maier - Chicago1929 - Edward Wills - Chicago1930 - Buck Everett - Gary1931 - Jack Kranz - Gary1932 - Vernon Miller - Davenport1933 - Max Marek - Chicago1934 - Joe Louis - Detroit1935 - Joe Bauer - Cleveland1936 - Carl Vinciquerra - Omaha1937 - Herman West - Centralia1938 - Linto Guerrieri - Rockford1939 - Jimmy Reeves - Cleveland1940 - James Richie - St. Louis1941 - Hezzie Williams - Chicago1942 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth1943 - Reedy Evans - Chicago1944 - Ray Standdifer - Cleveland1945 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth1946 - Bob Foxworth - St. Louis1947 - Dan Bucceroni - Kenosha1948 - Buddy Turner - Cincinnati1949 - Wesbury Bascom - St. Louis1950 - Jesse Brown - Toledo1951 - Bobby Jackson - Cleveland1952 - Eddie Jones - Chicago1953 - Calvin Butler - Cleveland1954 - Orville Pitts - Dayton1955 - Eddie Jenkins - Detroit1956 - Jim Boyd - Montgomery1957 - Ernest Terrell - Chicago1958 - Kent Green - Chicago1959 - Cassius Clay - Louisville1960 - Jefferson Davis- Nashville1961 - Charles Williams - St. Louis1962 - Billy Joiner - Cincinnati1963 - Ted Gullick - Cleveland1964 - Harley Cooper - Omaha1965 - Larry Charleston - Detroit1966 - Gerald Pate - Milwaukee1967 - Brady Bredzeal - Los Angeles1968 - Leonard Hutchins - Detroit1969 - John Edwards - Joplin1970 - Felton Wood - Grand Rapids1971 - Marvin Johnson - Indianapolis1972 - Verbie Garland - Toledo1973 - D. C. Barker - Rocky Mountain1974 - Robert Stewart - Lowell1975 - Gene Ratliff - Little Rock1976 - Rick Jester - Detroit1977 - Rick Jester - Detroit1978 - Charles Singleton - Pennsylvania1979 - Lee Roy Murphy - Chicago1980 - Steve Eden - Iowa1981 - Johnny Williams - Chicago1982 - Keith Vining - Detroit1983 - Ricky Womack - Detroit1984 - Evander Holyfield - Knoxville1985 - Donald Stephens - Fort Worth1986 - Harvey Richards - Illinois1987 - Terry McGroom - Chicago1988 - Terry McGroom - Springfield1989 - Rich Pieri -Philadelphia,Pa1990 - Jeremy Williams - Iowa1991 - Jeremy Williams - Detroit1992 - Ron Gill - Illinois1993 - Eric Carr- Texas1994 - Antonio Tarver - Sunshine State1995 - Stephen Wasser, Jr - St.Louis1996 - Tim Williamson - Pennsylvania1997 - BJ Flores - Kansas City1998 - Steve Cunningham - Washington1999 - Michael Simms - California2000 - Arthur Palac - Detroit2001 - Chris Arreola - California2002 - Allan Green - Oklahoma2003 - DeAndrey Abron - New Mexico2004 - De'Rae Crane]- Iowa2005 - Rommel Rene - Florida2006 - Ali Rouzati - Chicago2007 - Siju Shabazz, Colorado2008 - Azea Augustama - Miami2009 - Paul Rumiantsev - Virginia2010 - Devontae Coker - Akron2011 - Caleb Plant - Knoxville