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 135 lb (61 kg), but was lowered to 132 lb (60 kg) in 1967.1928 - 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