1899 J.B. Knipe 1st Place Boxing Medal

1899 – J.B. Knipe, 1st Place Boxing Medal Tested Coin Silver Champion New York, NY Metropolitan Association United States National Amateur Boxing Champion

J.B. Knipe, New York, NY 1899 Winner Of The National Amateur Boxing Heavyweight Champions, also known as US Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented. The United States National Boxing Championships bestow the title of United States Amateur Champion on amateur boxers for winning the annual national amateur boxing tournament organized by USA Boxing, the national governing body for Olympic boxing and is the United States’ member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA). It is one of four premier amateur boxing tournaments, the others being the National Golden Gloves Tournament, which crowns its own amateur heavyweight champion, the Police Athletic League Tournament, and the United States Armed Forces Tournament, all sending champions to the US Olympic Trials.