Golden Gloves
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The Golden Gloves is an annual competition for amateur boxing in the United States. The contest is sponsored and controlled by the Golden Gloves Association of America, Inc. Each state tends to have its own Golden Gloves competitions and the state winners then compete in the national competition, called the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions.
Not to be confused with baseball's Gold Glove Award award for excellent defensive players.
Other countries have similar amateur boxing awards, such as Mexico's Guantes De Oro (literally "Gloves Of Gold" in Spanish).
Notable Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions winners include:
- Cassius Clay
- Oscar De La Hoya
- Michael Flatley
- Mr. Tadrus
- George Foreman
- Joe Frazier
- Rodolfo Gonzales
- Evander Holyfield
- Roy Jones Jr.
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- Joe Louis
- Rocky Marciano
- Michael Spinks
- Sonny Liston
- Riddick Bowe
- Mark Breland
- Gerry Cooney
- Chris Eubank
- Emile Griffith
- Kevin Kelley
- Marc Merowitz
- Joe Mesi
- Dennis Milton
- Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
- Floyd Patterson
- Alex Ramos
- Sugar Ray Robinson
- Kevin Rooney
- Mike Tyson
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