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 - Chicago
- 1929 - Edward Wills - Chicago
- 1930 - Buck Everett - Gary
- 1931 - Jack Kranz - Gary
- 1932 - Vernon Miller - Davenport
- 1933 - Max Marek - Chicago
- 1934 - Joe Louis - Detroit
- 1935 - Joe Bauer - Cleveland
- 1936 - Carl Vinciquerra - Omaha
- 1937 - Herman West - Centralia
- 1938 - Linto Guerrieri - Rockford
- 1939 - Jimmy Reeves - Cleveland
- 1940 - James Richie - St. Louis
- 1941 - Hezzie Williams - Chicago
- 1942 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth
- 1943 - Reedy Evans - Chicago
- 1944 - Ray Standdifer - Cleveland
- 1945 - Tom Attra - Fort Worth
- 1946 - Bob Foxworth - St. Louis
- 1947 - Dan Bucceroni - Kenosha
- 1948 - Buddy Turner - Cincinnati
- 1949 - Wesbury Bascom - St. Louis
- 1950 - Jesse Brown - Toledo
- 1951 - Bobby Jackson - Cleveland
- 1952 - Eddie Jones - Chicago
- 1953 - Calvin Butler - Cleveland
- 1954 - Orville Pitts - Dayton
- 1955 - Eddie Jenkins - Detroit
- 1956 - Jim Boyd - Montgomery
- 1957 - Ernest Terrell - Chicago
- 1958 - Kent Green - Chicago
- 1959 - Cassius Clay - Louisville
- 1960 - Jefferson Davis - Nashville
- 1961 - Charles Williams - St. Louis
- 1962 - Billy Joiner - Cincinnati
- 1963 - Ted Gullick - Cleveland
- 1964 - Harley Cooper - Omaha
- 1965 - Larry Charleston - Detroit
- 1966 - Gerald Pate - Milwaukee
- 1967 - Brady Bredzeal - Los Angeles
- 1968 - Leonard Hutchins - Detroit
- 1969 - Dave Mathews - Cleveland
- 1970 - Felton Wood - Grand Rapids
- 1971 - Marvin Johnson - Indianapolis
- 1972 - Verbie Garland - Toledo
- 1973 - D. C. Barker - Rocky Mountain
- 1974 - Robert Stewart - Lowell
- 1975 - Frankie Williams - Cincinnati
- 1976 - Rick Jester - Detroit
- 1977 - Rick Jester - Detroit
- 1978 - Charles Singleton (boxer) - Pennsylvania
- 1979 - Lee Roy Murphy - Chicago
- 1980 - Steve Eden - Iowa
- 1981 - Johnny Williams - Chicago
- 1982 - Keith Vining - Detroit
- 1983 - Ricky Womack - Detroit
- 1984 - Evander Holyfield - Knoxville
- 1985 - Donald Stephens - Fort Worth
- 1986 - Harvey Richards - Illinois
- 1987 - Terry McGroom - Chicago
- 1988 - Terry McGroom - Springfield
- 1989 - Terry McGroom - Springfield
- 1990 - Jeremy Williams - Iowa
- 1991 - Jeremy Williams - Detroit
- 1992 - Ron Gill - Illinois
- 1994 - Antonio Tarver - Sunshine State
- 1995 - Glenn Robinson - New York
- 1996 - Tim Williamson - Pennsylvania
- 1997 - BJ Flores - Kansas City
- 1998 - Steve Cunningham - Washington
- 1999 - Michael Simms - California
- 2000 - Arthur Palac - Detroit
- 2001 - Cristobal Arreola - California
- 2002 - Allan Green - Oklahoma
- 2003 - DeAndrey Abron - New Mexico
- 2004 - De'Rae Crane - Iowa
- 2005 - Rommel Rene - Florida
- 2006 - Ali Rouzati - Chicago
- 2007 - Siju Shabazz, Colorado
- 2008 - Azea Augustama - Miami
- 2009 - Dorian Anthony - California
- 2010 - Robert Brant - Upper Midwest
- 2011 - Caleb Plant - Knoxville
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