For the fifth consecutive year, BATB is able to update the list of National Golden Gloves champions from the Beltway region. This continues to be a very impressive list. As we said before, this area has produced nine national champions in the past five years.
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: "Mr." Gary Russell, Jr.
2010: Gary Allen Russell, David "Day-Day" Grayton
2011: Mike "Yes, Indeed" Reed
2012: Gervonta "Rambo" Davis, D'Mitrius "Big Meech" Ballard, "The King's Son" Jerry Odom
2013: Gary Antonio Russell, Lamont Roach, Jr.
2014: Gary Antuanne Russell
To break this down a little bit, this list includes:
Two International Boxing Hall of Famers -- Sugar Ray Leonard and Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson
Four who have held world championships -- Leonard, Johnson, DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley and Lamont Peterson
Three United States Olympians -- Leonard, Louis "Heidi" Curtis and Gary Russell, Jr.
Three brother combinations -- Johnson and James Harris, Lamont and Anthony Peterson and the Russell Family
Two boxers named Outstanding Boxer ("Golden Boy") of the National Tournament -- Jerry Odom (2012) and Gary Antonio Russell (2013)
Ten members of this list (Corley, The Petersons, Russell, Jr., David Grayton, Michael Reed, Gervonta Davis, D'Mitrius Ballard, Jerry Odom and Lamont Roach, Jr.) are active pro boxers. As of this posting, the current combined won-loss record for these 10 boxers is:
169-25-2 with 108 knockouts.
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