List of US national Golden Gloves lightweight champions

Below is a list of National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champions along with the state or region which they represented. The Lightweight weight limit was first contested at 135 pounds. In 1967, the weight limit was moved to 132 pounds.

• 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 - Tommy Campbell - Moline, Illinois
• 1942 - Morris Garana - Fort Worth, Texas
• 1943 - Chuck Hunter - Cleveland, Ohio
• 1944 - Buddy Holderfield - Memphis, Tennessee
• 1945 - Harold White - Memphis, Tennessee
• 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 - Richard Hock - Jersey City, New Jersey
• 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 - Ray Leonard - Washington, D.C.
• 1974 - Curtis Harris - Elizabeth, New Jersey
• 1975 - Aaron Pryor - Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1976 - Aaron Pryor - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1977 - Samuel Ayala - Fort Worth, Texas
• 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 - Vincent Phillips - Hutchinson, Kansas
• 1986 - Lavell Finger - St. Louis, Missouri
• 1987 - Skipper Kelp - Rocky Mountain
• 1988 - Kevin Childrey - Grand Rapids
• 1989 - Stephen Golisano - East Boston
• 1990- Lamar Murphy - Florida
• 1991 - Desi For] - 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 - Hugh Devlin - Philadelphia
• 1998 - Lamont Pearson - Washington, D.C.
• 1999 - Marshal Martinez - California
• 2000 - Renny Sotero - Colorado
• 2001 - Lamont Peterson - Washington, D.C.
• 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 - Michael holland - New Orleans, Louisiana