The History of Golden Glove tournament has its origins in the year 1927 when Paul Gallico, a sports editor by profession working in New York Daily News channeled a boxing challenge for the amateurs. The name Golden Gloves was the brainchild of Capt. Joseph. Next, Chicago Tribune, a sister concern of New York Daily News declared the Golden Gloves tournament during the same year in the spring season. But, the history is still a bit skeptic, since the boxing magazine, “The Ring” declared Chicago Tribune as the initiators of the tournament during 1926 which was later followed by Gallico in 1927. After witnessing several cases of injuries, Golden Gloves ruled out mismatches class. This led to the creation of a class named as “sub-novice”. In this class, the beginners competed against the beginners. Simultaneously, it introduced entire physical checkups of the amateurs as a crucial event which was ignored by the Amateur Athletic Union.
The Evolution:
Since the inception of Golden Gloves together with the World War II wars, New York and Chicago titles got the recognition of the finest elite titles. In the year 1932, the expansion of Golden Gloves opened the base for the participation of several cities, only if the fighters get a sponsorship from the radio station or the newspaper. A handsome 38 teams took part in 1st year. In that period, the title was named as “Tournament of Championship”. The year 1934 witnessed the championship of Joe Louis who won the 175-pound label. The year 1941 saw the merging of Chicago’s various sections such as the south, west and north into one single team.
