For the fourth consecutive year, we can update the list of Beltway Boxers who have captured National Golden Gloves Championships.
This list includes two boxers who are in the International Boxing Hall of Fame (Leonard and Mark Johnson), four future pro world champions (Leonard, M. Johnson, DeMarcus Corley and Lamont Peterson) and three Olympians (Leonard, Heidi Curtis and Gary Russell, Jr.)
A testament to our current amateur/young pro crop: This list also says that this current run of National Golden Gloves champions (four straight years/eight champions) is the longest consecutive stretch in Beltway Boxing history!
1973 and 1974: Sugar Ray Leonard
1976: Louis "Heidi" Curtis
1978: William "Flip" Johnson
1979: Kenny "The Technician" Baysmore
1982: Warren "Chico" Thompson
1985: Eugene "Sonny" Speed
1986: Anthony Wilson
1988: Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson
1991: Melvin "Top Gun" Foster
1992: James Harris
1995: DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley
1995 and 1997: "Dangerous" Dana Rucker
1998: Lamont "Bay" Pearson
2001: Lamont Peterson
2003: Anthony Peterson
2005: Gary Russell, Jr.
2010: Gary Allen Russell, David Grayton
2011: Michael Reed
2012: Gervonta "Tank" Davis, D'Mitrius Ballard, Jerry Odom
2013: Gary Antonio Russell, Lamont Roach, Jr.
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2 comments:
Where is Keith Holmes William Joppy Derrell Coley Wow
Those guys did not win national Golden Gloves. Neither did Sharmba Mitchell or Eric Aiken. They may have won local and maybe regional but not national titles.
Gives you an idea of how elite this list is, doesn't it?
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