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 , but was lowered to in 1967."Past Champions" . Golden Gloves. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
1928 - Joe Kestian - Chicago, Illinois 1929 - Roosevelt Haines - Chicago, Illinois 1930 - Chancy Crain - Chicago, Illinois 1931 - Scotty Sylvano - Chicago, Illinois 1932 - Henry Rothier - Davenport, Iowa 1933 - Edward Ward - Chicago, Illinois 1934 - Frank Bojack - Cleveland, Ohio 1935 - Mike Gamiere - Cleveland, Ohio 1936 - Pete Lello - Michigan City, Indiana 1937 - Edward Kozole - Detroit, Michigan 1938 - John Benna - Terre Haute, Indiana 1939 - John Pleasant - Chicago, Illinois 1940 - Tony Ancona - Detroit, Michigan 1941 - Johnny Green - Buffalo, New York 1942 - Morris Garana - Fort Worth, Texas 1943 - Chuck Hunter - Cleveland, Ohio 1944 - Buddy Holderfield - Memphis, Tennessee 1945 - Bernard Paige - Chicago, Illinois 1946 - Herschel Acton - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1947 - John Labrol - Gary 1948 - Herschel Acton - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1949 - Gale Outhouse - Sioux City, Iowa 1950 - James Burroughs - Nashville, Tennessee 1951 - Bobby Bickle - Kansas City, Missouri 1952 - Issac Vaughn - Cleveland, Ohio 1953 - Herb Mickles - Toledo, Ohio 1954 - Phil Horsley - Muncie, Indiana 1955 - William Morton - Kansas City, Missouri 1956 - Joe Shaw - St. Louis, Missouri 1957 - Billy Braggs - Kenosha, Wisconsin 1958 - Billy Collins - Nashville 1959 - Freddie Davis - Champaign/Urbana 1960 - Brian O'Shea - Chicago, Illinois 1961 - Thomas O'Shea - Chicago, Illinois 1962 - Edward Ellis - Toledo 1963 - Perry Bennett - Streator, Illinois 1964 - Hedgeman Louis - Detroit, Michigan 1965 - Frank Anderson - Kansas City, Missouri 1966 - Marcus Anderson - Louisville, Kentucky 1967 - Quincelon Daniels - Detroit, Michigan 1968 - Ronnie Harris - Cleveland, Ohio 1969 - Eddie Murray - Chicago, Illinois 1970 - Norman Goins - Indianapolis, Indiana 1971 - James Busceme - Fort Worth, Texas 1972 - James Busceme - Fort Worth, Texas 1973 - Sugar Ray Leonard - Washington, D.C. 1974 - Curtis Harris - Elizabeth, New Jersey 1975 - Aaron Pryor - Cincinnati, Ohio 1976 - Aaron Pryor - Indianapolis, Indiana 1977 - Hugo Rodriguez - Miami, Florida 1978 - Davey Armstrong - Puyallup, Washington 1979 - Johnny Bumphus - Knoxville, Tennessee 1980 - Melvin Paul - Lafayette, Louisiana 1981 - Primo Ramos - Chicago, Illinois 1982 - Robert Byrd - Fort Worth, Texas 1983 - Jesse Lopez, Jr. - Las Vegas 1984 - Marvin Chambers - St. Louis, Missouri 1985 - Vince Phillips - Hutchinson, Kansas 1986 - Lavell Finger - St. Louis, Missouri 1987 - Skipper Kelp - Rocky Mountain 1988 - Kevin Childrey - Grand Rapids 1989 - Tonga McLain - Milwaukee 1990- Lamar Murphy - Florida 1991 - Desi Ford - Cleveland, Ohio 1992 - Danny Rios - Texas 1993 - Danny Rios - Mid-South 1994 - Salvador Jasso - So. California 1995 - Dante Craig - Cincinnati, Ohio 1996 - David Jackson - Nevada 1997 - Kenito Drake - Detroit 1998 - Lamont Pearson - Washington, D.C. 1999 - Matthew Smith- New Hampshire 2000 - Urbano Antillón - California 2001 - [Matthew Smith] - New Hampshire 2002 - Lorenzo Reynolds - Michigan 2003 - Anthony Peterson - Washington, D.C. 2004 - Danny Williams - St. Louis, Missouri 2005 - Michael Evans - Cincinnati, Ohio 2006 - Jesus Mendez III - Texas 2007 - Sadam Ali - Brooklyn 2008 - Michael Perez - Newark, New Jersey 2009 - Erick Deleon - Detroit, Michigan 2010 - Erick Deleon - Detroit, Michigan 2011 - Erick Deleon - Detroit, Michigan 2012 - Albert Bell - Toledo, Ohio 2013 - Lamont Roach Jr. - Washington D.C. 2014 - Maliek Montgomery - Macon, Georgia 2015 - Teófimo López - Brooklyn 2016 - Maliek Montgomery - Macon, Georgia 2017 - Keyshawn Davis - Alexandria, Virginia 2018 - Doctress Robinson - Augusta, Georgia
References
March 27, 1941 Buffalo Courier Express Pg 19.