List of United States national amateur boxing light welterweight champions

Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Welterweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. 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 light welterweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials. It was contested at 139lbs until 2002 when it was changed to 141lbs.

1952 - , Cleveland, OH
1953 - J. Curet Alvarez, Puerto Rico
1954 - , New York, NY
1955 - , Philadelphia, PA
1956 - , Portland, OR
1957 - Vince Shomo, New York, NY
1958 - Vince Shomo, New York, NY
1959 - Brian O'Shea, Chicago, IL
1960 - Vince Shomo, New York, NY
1961 - J. Caldwell, Shawano, WI
1962 - , Nashville, TN
1963 - , South Africa
1964 - , Portland, OR
1965 - , Houston, TX
1966 - James Wallington, US Army
1967 - James Wallington, US Army
1968 - , Houston, TX
1969 - , Pittsburgh, PA
1970 - , US Navy
1971 - Ray Seales, Tacoma, WA
1972 - Carlos Palomino, Westminster, CA
1973 - , Los Angeles, CA
1974 - Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, MD
1975 - Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, MD
1976 - , Columbus, OH
1977 - Thomas Hearns, Detroit, MI
1978 - Donald Curry, Fort Worth, TX
1979 - , St. Louis, MO
1980 - Johnny Bumphus, Nashville, TN
1981 - , US Army
1982 - , Cleveland, OH
1983 - Henry Hughes, Cleveland, OH
1984 - Elvis Yero, Miami Beach, FL
1985 - , St. Louis, MO
1986 - Nick Kakouris, St. Louis, MO
1987 - , St. Louis, MO
1988 - Todd Foster, Great Falls, MT
1989 - , Sacramento, CA
1990 - Stevie Johnston, Denver, CO
1991 - Vernon Forrest, Augusta, GA
1992 - Shane Mosley, Pomona, CA
1993 - , Tucson, AZ
1994 - , Fort Bragg, NC
1995 - Arturo Ramos, San Antonio, TX
1996 - Hector Camacho, Jr., Orlando, FL
1997 - , Cincinnati, OH
1999 - Ricardo Williams, Jr., Cincinnati, OH
1999 - Ricardo Williams, Jr., Cincinnati, OH
2000 - Anthony Thompson, Philadelphia, PA
2001 - Rock Allen, Philadelphia, PA
2002 - Rock Allen, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - Lamont Peterson, Washington, DC
2004 - Devon Alexander, St. Louis, MO
2005 - Karl Dargan, Philadelphia, PA
2006 - Karl Dargan, Philadelphia, PA
2007 - Javier Molina, Commerce, CA
2008 - Danny O'Connor, Framingham, MA
2009 - Frankie Gomez, Los Angeles, CA
2010 - Pedro Sosa, Bronx, NY
2011 - Semajay Thomas, Chicago, IL
2012 - Jamel Herring, Coram, NY/United States Marine Corps.
2014 - , Philadelphia, PA
2019 - , Omaha, Ne