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USA Boxing's all-time Olympic champions
By Gretchen Adams // usolympicteam.com // May 19, 2005
USA Boxing celebrated 100 years of Olympic boxing champions when Andre Ward won his gold medal in Athens this past August. Many boxers are known from the professional ranks, but first made their name in amateur boxing representing the U.S. at the Olympic Games, boxing legends and U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame members like Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Floyd Patterson and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Here is a look at the greatest U.S. Olympic boxers from the past 100 years. This list is in order by weight class and year the boxer became the Olympic champion.
Light Flyweight (106 pounds)
Flyweight (112 pounds)
- George Finnegan, 1904
- Frank DeGenero, 1920
- Fidel LaBarba, 1924
- Nate Brooks, 1952
- Leo Randolph, 1976
- Steven McCrory, 1984
Bantamweight (119 pounds)
- Oliver Kirk, 1904
- Kennedy McKinney, 1988
Featherweight (125 pounds)
- Oliver Kirk, 1904
- Jackie Fields, 1924
- Meldrick Taylor, 1984
Lightweight (132 pounds)
- Harry Spanger, 1904
- Samuel Mosberg, 1920
- Ronald Harris, 1968
- Howard Davis, 1976
- Pernell Whitaker, 1984
- Oscar de la Hoya, 1992
Light Welterweight (141 pounds)
- Charles Adkins, 1952
- Sugar Ray Seales, 1972
- Sugar Ray Leonard, 1976 (U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1985)
- Jerry Page, 1984
Welterweight (152 pounds)
- Albert Young, 1904
- Edward Flynn, 1932
- Mark Breland, 1984
Light middleweight* (156 pounds)
- Wilbert McClure, 1960
- Frank Tate, 1984
- David Reid, 1996
Middleweight (165 pounds)
- Charles Mayer, 1904
- Carmen Barth, 1932
- Floyd Patterson, 1952 (U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1987)
- Edward Crook, 1960
- Michael Spinks, 1976
Light Heavyweight (178 pounds)
- Edward Eagan, 1920
- Norvel Lee, 1952
- James Boyd, 1956
- Muhammad Ali, 1960 (U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1983)
- Leon Spinks, 1976
- Andrew Maynard, 1988
- Andre Ward, 2004
Heavyweight (201 pounds)
- Samuel Berger, 1904
- Edward Sanders, 1952
- Peter Rademacher, 1956
- Joe Frazier, 1964 (U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1989)
- George Foreman, 1968 (U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Class of 1990)
- Henry Tillman, 1984
- Ray Mercer, 1988
Super Heavyweight (+201 pounds)
* discontinued weight class
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