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Below is a list of United States national Amateur Boxing Bantamweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions . The weight class was contested at 115 pounds between 1889 and 1921. It was then contested at 118 pounds between 1922 and 1951, before moving to 119 pounds, where it is currently contested. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Amateur Champion on amateur boxers for winning the annual national amateur boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing , the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States' member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA). It is one of four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur bantamweight champion , the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials.
1888 - W. Rocap, Philadelphia, PA 1889 - W. Rocap, Philadelphia, PA (spring), W. Kenny, NJAC (winter 1890 - B. Weldon, New York, NY 1891 - G.F. Connolly, Boston, MA 1892 - Not held 1893 - M.J. Hallihan, Philadelphia, PA 1894 - R. McVeigh, SAC 1895 - E. Horen, Pittsburgh, PA 1896 - J.J. Gross, New York, NY 1897 - Charles Fahey , Rochester, NY 1898 - Not held 1899 - W. Wildner, NWSAC 1900 - H. Murphy, Bartholomew AC 1901 - George Young DC and AC 1902 - F. Fieg, Newark, NJ 1903 - Thomas Stone, New York, NY 1904 - Jerry Casey, NWSAC 1905 - Sam Moss, Waltham, MA 1906 - Harry Baker, Olympic Club 1907 - Henry Meyers, Chapman AC 1908 - M.J. Carroll, New York, NY 1909 - Joe Gorman, Northboro, MA 1910 - John Gallant, Boston, MA 1911 - Thomas Reagan, Boston, MA 1912 - Thomas Reagan, Boston, MA 1913 - Thomas Reagan, Boston, MA 1914 - S. Phillips, Boston, MA 1915 - Tony Vatlin, Brighton, MA 1916 - Benny Valgar , New York, NY 1917 - J. Tomasulo, New Jersey 1918 - J. Tomasulo, New Jersey 1919 - Ashton Donza, New Orleans, LA 1920 - J. Hutchinson, Philadelphia, PA 1921 - George Daly, New York, NY 1922 - Sid Terris , New York, NY 1923 - Harry Marcus, Cleveland, OH 1924 - Jack Tripoli, New York, NY 1925 - August Gotto, Los Angeles, CA 1926 - Joe Katish, Pittsburgh, PA 1927 - Tommy Paul , Buffalo, NY 1928 - John Daley , Waltham, MA 1929 - A. Holden, Providence, RI 1930 - Abie Miller, Los Angeles, CA 1931 - Joe Ferrante, Boston, MA 1932 - Jimmy Martin, New York, NY 1933 - A. Tardugno, Washington, DC 1934 - Armando Sicilia, New York, NY 1935 - Troy Bellini, Cleveland, OH 1936 - Willie Joyce , Gary, IN 1937 - Morris Parker, Newark, NJ 1938 - Bill Speary, Nanticoke, PA 1939 - Bill Speary, Philadelphia, PA 1940 - Angelo Ambrosano, Philadelphia, PA 1941 - Ray Brown, Chicago, IL 1942 - Bernard Docusen, New Orleans, LA 1943 - Earl O'Neil, Fort Still, OK 1944 - Nick Saunders, St. Louis, MO 1945 - Amos Aitson, Oklahoma City, OK 1946 - Tsaneshi Naruo, Hawaii 1947 - Corky Gonzales , Denver, CO 1948 - Bill Morgan, Newark, NJ 1949 - Jimmy Mitchell, Oakland, CA 1950 - Mickey Mars, Cleveland, OH 1951 - Ernest De Jesus, Honolulu, HI 1952 - Davey Moore , Springfield, OH 1953 - T. Nethercott, Port Chester, NY 1954 - Bill Ramos, New Bedford, MA 1955 - John Cereghin, Air Force 1956 - Don Whaley, Cincinnati, OH 1957 - Herman Marques, Stockton, CA 1958 - Charles Branch, Philadelphia, PA 1959 - Fred Griffin, Toledo, OH 1960 - O. German, Muskegon, MI 1961 - John Howard, Portland, OR 1962 - Victor Melendez, Puerto Rico 1963 - Gerry Lott, New Orleans, LA 1964 - Art Jones, San Francisco, CA 1965 - George Colon, New York, NY 1966 - Jose Marquez, Puerto Rico 1967 - Earl Large, Clovis, NM 1968 - Sammy Goss , Trenton, NJ 1969 - Terry Pullen, New Orleans, LA 1970 - Robert Mullins , Charleston, SC 1971 - Ricardo Carreras , Air Force 1972 - John David, Navy 1973 - Mike Hess, Albany, OR 1974 - Mike Ayala , Fort Worth, TX 1975 - Eiichi Jumawan, Waiawa, HI 1976 - Bernard Taylor , Charlotte, NC 1977 - Rocky Lockridge , Tacoma, WA 1978 - Jackie Beard , Jackson, TN 1979 - Jackie Beard , Jackson, TN 1980 - Jackie Beard , Jackson, TN 1981 - Richard Savage, West Monroe, LA 1982 - Floyd Favors , Capitol Heights, MD (spring), Meldrick Taylor , Philadelphia, PA (winter) 1983 - Jesse Benavides , Corpus Christi, TX 1984 - Eugene Speed, Washington, DC 1985 - Michael Collins , La Porte, TX 1986 - Michael Collins , La Porte, TX 1987 - Michael Collins , La Porte, TX 1988 - Jemal Hinton, New Carrollton, MD 1989 - Tony Gonzalez 1990 - Sergio Reyes Jr. , Marines 1991 - Sergio Reyes Jr. , Marines 1992 - Sean Fletcher, Navy 1993 - Aristead Clayton, Baker, LA 1994 - Jorge Munoz, El Paso, TX 1995 - Carlos Navarro, Los Angeles, CA 1996 - Jesus Vega, Salinas, CA 1997 - Cornelius Lock , Detroit, MI 1998 - Antonio Rodriguez, Wailuku, HI 1999 - Clarence Vinson , Washington, DC 2000 - Sergio Espinoza , San Diego, CA 2001 - David Martinez, Stockton, CA 2002 - Aaron Garcia , Vista, CA 2003 - Samson Guillermo, Waianae, HI 2004 - Roberto Benitez , New York, NY 2005 - Gary Russell, Jr. , Capitol Heights, MD 2006 - Gary Russell, Jr., Capitol Heights, MD 2007 - Ronny Rios , Santa Ana, CA 2008 - Ronny Rios, Santa Ana, CA 2009 - Jessie Magdaleno 2010 - Harry Saunders jr, Capitol Heights , Md 2011 - John Franklin, Fort Carson, Colo/United States Army 2012 - Charles Martin, Tulsa, OK/United States Army 2013 - Eduardo Martinez , Aurora, IL 2014 - JaRico O'Quinn , Detroit, MI References