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National Golden Gloves Flyweight Champions

2008-01-25T02:52:15Z

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Boxers who won the National Golden Gloves Flyweight Championship.
*[[1928]] - [[Jimmy Chase]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1929]] - [[Jimmy Chase]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1930]] - [[Joe Espanoza]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1931]] - [[Leo Rodak]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1932]] - [[Albert Soukup]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1933]] - [[Johnny Baltzer]] - [[Davenport]]
*[[1934]] - [[Jesse Levels]] - [[Cleveland]]
*[[1935]] - [[Patsy Urso]] - [[Detroit]]
*[[1936]] - [[Jackie Wilson (boxer)|Jackie Wilson]] - [[Cleveland]]
*[[1937]] - [[Jimmy Urso]] - [[Detroit]]
*[[1938]] - [[Kenny Lottman]] - [[Peoria]]
*[[1939]] - [[Vic Saccoia]] - [[Detroit]]
*[[1940]] - [[Harold Dade]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1941]] - [[Harold Dade]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1942]] - [[Henry Ulrich]] - [[Des Moines]]
*[[1943]] - [[Barry Darby]] - [[Oklahoma City]]
*[[1944]] - [[Tom Nate]] - [[Gary]]
*[[1945]] - [[Jackie Boyd]] - [[Chicago]]
*[[1946]] - [[Keith Nuttall]] - [[Kansas City]]
*[[1947]] - [[Robert Holliday]] - [[Cincinnati]]
*[[1948]] - [[Robert Holliday]] - [[Cincinnati]]
*[[1949]] - [[Arthur Brown (boxer)|Arthur Brown]] - [[Kansas City]]
*[[1950]] - [[Nate Brooks]] - [[Cleveland]]
*[[1951]] - [[Pat Riley (boxer)|Pat Riley]] - [[Fort Worth]]
*[[1952]] - [[Kenneth Wright]] - [[Gary]]
*[[1953]] - [[Pete Melendez]] - [[Fort Worth]]
*[[1954]] - [[Bernard Dean]] - [[St. Louis]]
*[[1955]] - [[Tommy Reynolds]] - [[St. Louis]]
*[[1956]] - [[Pete Melendez]] - [[Fort Worth]]
*[[1957]] - [[Jimmy Jackson]] - [[Minneapolis]]
*[[1958]] - [[Gil Yanez]] - [[Toledo]]
*[[1959]] - [[Gil Yanez]] - [[Toledo]]
*[[1960]] - [[Humberto Barrera]] - [[Fort Worth]]
*[[1961]] - [[Chico Marquez]] - [[Fort Worth]]
*1962 [[Ray Jutras]] - Lowell, MA
*1963 [[Freddie Garcia]] - Roswell, NM
*1964 [[Donnie Broadway]] - Nashville, TN
*1965 [[Roland Miller]] - Minneapolis, MN
*1966 [[Nick Priola]] - Lafayette, LA
*1967 [[Roland Miller]] - Minneapolis, MN
*1968 [[Rudy Barrientos]] - Fort Worth, TX
*1969 [[Tony Moreno]] - Fort Worth, TX
*1970 [[Tony Moreno]] - Fort Worth, TX
*1971 [[James Martinez]] - Fort Worth, TX
*1972 [[Greg Lewis]] - Cincinnati, OH
*1973 [[Mike Ayala]] - Fort Worth, TX
*1974 [[Greg Richardson]] - Cleveland, OH
*1975 [[Leo Randolph]] - Tacoma, WA
*1976 [[Julio Rodriguez]] - Hawaii
*1977 [[Orlando Maldonado]] - Miami, FL
*1978 [[William Johnson]] - Washington, DC
*1979 [[Jerome Coffee]] - Knoxville, TN
*1980 [[Jerome Coffee]] - Knoxville, TN
*1981 [[Ronnie Rentz]] - New Mexico
*1982 [[Jesse Benavides]] - Fort Worth, TX
*1983 [[Todd Hickman]] - Cleveland, OH
*1984 [[Les Fabri]] - Las Vegas
*1985 [[Johnny Tapia]] - New Mexico
*1986 [[Anthony Wilson]] - Washington, DC
*1987 [[Carl Daniels]] - St. Louis, MO
*1988 [[Jesse Medina]] - Rocky Mountain
*1989 [[Sandlanner Lewis]] - Florida
*1990 [[Tim Austin]] - Cincinnati, OH
*1991 [[Tim Austin]] - Cincinnati, OH
*1992 [[Aristead Clayton]] Louisiana
*1993 [[Carlos Navarro]] . California
*1994 [[Floyd Mayweather, Jr.]] - Grand Rapids, MI
*1995 [[Kelly Wright]] - St. Louis, MO
*1996 [[Luis Perez]] - Chicago, IL
*1997 [[Roberto Benitez]] - Milwaukee, WI
*1998 [[Gerald Tucker]] - Cincinnati, OH
*1999 [[Robert Benitez]] - Wisconsin
*2000 [[Rashiem Jefferson]] - Pennsylvania
*2001 [[Francisco Rodriguez (American)|Francisco Rodriguez]] - Chicago, IL
*2002 [[Ron Siler]], Cincinnati
*2003 [[Ron Siler]], Cincinnati
*2004 [[Teon Kennedy]]- Pennsylvania
*2005 [[Barry Dennis]] - St. Louis, MO
*2006 [[Aaron Alafa]] - California
*2007 [[Aaron Alafa]] - California

[[Category:Amateur Boxing]]

Frankie Gavin

2008-01-22T00:10:33Z

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'''Frankie Raymond Gavin''' (born September 28, 1985) is an amateur boxer from Birmingham, England who won the gold medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships to become English boxing's first ever World Amateur champion. He is currently qualified to represent Great Britain as a lightweight at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games.

== Career ==
On 25 March 2006, Gavin, a southpaw, defeated [[Ovidiu Bobirnat]] of Cyprus to win the Commonwealth gold in the lightweight (60kg) category. In 2007 the won the [[ABA]] lightweight championship.

He has won 100 of his 121 amateur contests.

At the world championships 2007 he first beat reigning world silver medalist and fellow southpaw [[Ramal Amanov]] of Azerbaijan scoring a knockdown, then scoring a huge upset by defeating Russian [[Aleksei Tishchenko]], who hadn't lost for four years, to reach the final where he beat Italian [[Domenico Valentino]] 19-10.

== Amateur results ==
'''2007 AIBA World Amateur championships held in Chicago'''
*Defeated [[Omar Ward]] (Barbados) RSC 3 (0:50)
*Defeated [[Merey Akshalov]] (Kazakhstan) 20-9
*Defeated [[Ramal Amanov]] (Azerbaijan) 21-10
*Defeated [[Onur Sipal]] (Turkey) 16-7
*Defeated [[Alexei Tichtchenko]] (Russia) 19-10
*Defeated [[Domenico Valentino]] (Italy) 18-10

== Sources ==
This article borrows from Gavin's biography on wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Gavin_%28boxer%29]

[[Category:ABA Champions|Gavin, Frankie]]
[[Category:World Amateur Champions|Gavin, Frankie]]

Paul Miller

2007-10-20T15:21:32Z

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Miller competed in the Middleweight class at the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. He was a Gold Medalist at the 2002 British [[Commonwealth Games]]. His sister Gail was a gold medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games (water polo) and is married to the Rugby international Ben Tune, a member of the 1999 Australian (Wallaby) team that won the 1999 World Cup.

== Olympic results ==
*Defeated [[Jerson Ravelo]] (Dominican Republic) 8-7
*Lost to [[Vugar Alakparov]] (Azerbaijan) 8-9

[[Category:Australian Olympians|Miller, Paul]]
[[Category:2000 Olympians|Miller, Paul]]

Paul Miller

2007-10-20T15:19:57Z

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'''Paul Miller''' (born [[November 15]], [[1978]] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], [[Northern Territory]]) is a [[boxing|boxer]] from [[Australia]], who represented his native country at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]] in the Men's 75 kg Division. There he was beaten by [[Vugar Alekperov]] of [[Azerbaijan]] in the second round, after defeating [[Dominica]]'s [[Jerson Ravelo]].

==Amateur Career==
The [[Queensland]]er has been national champion in his weight division (75 kilograms) since [[1997]]. Miller won the Oceania Championships in both [[1999]] and [[2000]], his victory this year earning him the right to compete in Sydney. In 1999 he was placed sixth at the World Championships, making him Australia’s highest ranked boxer.

Through his career, Miller has won a swag of awards. He was the best boxer in the Australia-Canada series in 1997, he won the [[Arthur Tunstall]] Trophy for the best boxer at the Australian Championships in 1998 and was made Queensland Boxer of the Year in 1999. His greatest achievement so far came in [[2002]], when he won the golden medal in the 75 kg division at the [[Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Manchester]].

== Olympic results ==
*Defeated [[Jerson Ravelo]] (Dominican Republic) 8-7
*Lost to [[Vugar Alakparov]] (Azerbaijan) 8-9

==Personal==
His sister Gail was a gold medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games (water polo) and is married to the Rugby international [[Ben Tune]], a member of the 1999 Australian (Wallaby) team that won the 1999 World Cup.

[[Category:Australian Olympians|Miller, Paul]]
[[Category:2000 Olympians|Miller, Paul]]

United States Amateur Super Heavyweight Champions

2007-07-20T23:03:25Z

Jackboogie:

Boxers who won the National AAU (United States) Super Heavyweight championship. This weight class was created in 1981.

*1981 - [[Boxer:Tyrell Biggs:001006|Tyrell Biggs]], Philadelphia, PA
*1982 - [[Boxer:Tyrell Biggs:001006|Tyrell Biggs]], Philadelphia, PA
*1983 - [[Boxer:Warren Thompson:001849|Warren Thompson]], Baltimore, MD
*1984 - [[Boxer:Nathaniel Fitch:005093|Nathaniel Fitch]], US Army
*1985 - [[Boxer:Wesley Watson:001950|Wesley Watson]], US Army
*1986 - [[Boxer:Alex Garcia:001575|Alex Garcia]], San Fernando, CA
*1987 - [[Boxer:Carlton Hollis:025575|Carlton Hollis]], Fort Lauderdale, FL
*1988 - Robert Salters, US Army
*1989 - [[Boxer:Ed Donaldson:006470|Ed Donaldson]], US Marines
*1990 - [[Boxer:Edward Escobedo:027942|Edward Escobedo]], McKinney, TX
*1991 - [[Boxer:Larry Donald:004892|Larry Donald]], Cincinnati, OH
*1992 - [[Boxer:Samson Po'uha:006302|Samson Pou'ha]], Kearns, UT
*1993 - [[Boxer:Jo el Scott:025067|Jo-el Scott]], Albany, NY
*1994 - [[Boxer:Lance Whitaker:007793|Lance Whitaker]], Northridge, CA
*1995 - [[Boxer:Lawrence Clay Bey:014748|Lawrence Clay-Bey]], Hartford, CT
*1996 - [[Boxer:Lawrence Clay Bey:014748|Lawrence Clay-Bey]], Hartford, CT
*1997 - [[Boxer:Willie Palms:015724|Willie Palms]], Jersey City, NJ
*1998 - [[Boxer:Dominick Guinn:015726|Dominick Guinn]], Hot Springs, AR
*1999 - [[Boxer:Calvin Brock:032493|Calvin Brock]], Charlotte, NC
*2000 - [[Boxer:TJ Wilson:023368|T.J. Wilson]], Tulsa, OK
*2001 - [[Boxer:Jason Estrada:282133|Jason Estrada]], Providence, RI
*2002 - [[Boxer:Jason Estrada:282133|Jason Estrada]], Providence, RI
*2003 - [[Boxer:Jason Estrada:282133|Jason Estrada]], Providence, RI
*2004 - [[Mike Wilson]], Central Point, OR
*2005 - [[Mike Wilson]], Central Point, OR
*2006 - [[Mike Wilson]], Central Point, OR
*2007 - [[Michael Hunter (American)|Michael Hunter]], Las Vegas, NV

[[Category:Amateur Boxing]]

United States Amateur Super Heavyweight Champions

2007-07-20T23:03:05Z

Jackboogie:

Boxers who won the National AAU (United States) Super Heavyweight championship. This weight class was created in 1981.

*1981 - [[Boxer:Tyrell Biggs:001006|Tyrell Biggs]], Philadelphia, PA
*1982 - [[Boxer:Tyrell Biggs:001006|Tyrell Biggs]], Philadelphia, PA
*1983 - [[Boxer:Warren Thompson:001849|Warren Thompson]], Baltimore, MD
*1984 - [[Boxer:Nathaniel Fitch:005093|Nathaniel Fitch]], US Army
*1985 - [[Boxer:Wesley Watson:001950|Wesley Watson]], US Army
*1986 - [[Boxer:Alex Garcia:001575|Alex Garcia]], San Fernando, CA
*1987 - [[Boxer:Carlton Hollis:025575|Carlton Hollis]], Fort Lauderdale, FL
*1988 - Robert Salters, US Army
*1989 - [[Boxer:Ed Donaldson:006470|Ed Donaldson]], US Marines
*1990 - [[Boxer:Edward Escobedo:027942|Edward Escobedo]], McKinney, TX
*1991 - [[Boxer:Larry Donald:004892|Larry Donald]], Cincinnati, OH
*1992 - [[Boxer:Samson Po'uha:006302|Samson Pou'ha]], Kearns, UT
*1993 - [[Boxer:Jo el Scott:025067|Jo-el Scott]], Albany, NY
*1994 - [[Boxer:Lance Whitaker:007793|Lance Whitaker]], Northridge, CA
*1995 - [[Boxer:Lawrence Clay Bey:014748|Lawrence Clay-Bey]], Hartford, CT
*1996 - [[Boxer:Lawrence Clay Bey:014748|Lawrence Clay-Bey]], Hartford, CT
*1997 - [[Boxer:Willie Palms:015724|Willie Palms]], Jersey City, NJ
*1998 - [[Boxer:Dominick Guinn:015726|Dominick Guinn]], Hot Springs, AR
*1999 - [[Boxer:Calvin Brock:032493|Calvin Brock]], Charlotte, NC
*2000 - [[Boxer:TJ Wilson:023368|T.J. Wilson]], Tulsa, OK
*2001 - [[Boxer:Jason Estrada:282133|Jason Estrada]], Providence, RI
*2002 - [[Boxer:Jason Estrada:282133|Jason Estrada]], Providence, RI
*2003 - [[Boxer:Jason Estrada:282133|Jason Estrada]], Providence, RI
*2004 - [[Mike Wilson]], Central Point, OR
*2005 - [[Mike Wilson]], Central Point, OR
*2006 - [[Jonte Willis]], Tacoma, WA
*2007 - [[Michael Hunter (American)|Michael Hunter]], Las Vegas, NV

[[Category:Amateur Boxing]]