Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves is the name of an annual, traditional American amateur boxing tournament.
The term usually refers to the national final round, but is also used for regional tournaments such as Intercity Golden Gloves , Chicago Golden Gloves or New York Golden Gloves . In contrast to many other renowned amateur tournaments, the event takes place at a venue that is newly selected every year.
Amateur boxers aged at least 16 years old are eligible to take part, and there is a similar tournament for children and young people up to the age of 15 called Silver Gloves .
history
Arch Ward , editor of the sports section of the Chicago Tribune , conceived an urban boxing tournament for amateurs in 1923. The winners received a gold miniature boxing glove as a trophy , which gave the tournament its name. In 1924, however, boxing was banned in Illinois and the tournament seemed to remain a one-off event.
In 1927, New York Daily News sports editor Paul Gallico founded a similar tournament and named it Golden Gloves . In the same year the boxing ban in Illinois was lifted and, as a result, the tournament in Chicago was revived. A meeting of the respective tournament winners was agreed to crown the national Golden Gloves Champion .
In 1932, the “Golden Gloves” tournament was expanded to allow participants from other cities to participate. In the first year, 38 teams took part. Today the competition is hosted by the Golden Gloves Association of America .