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2025 REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS INFO

Region I & II Tournament

Date: Saturday, March 29th, 2025

Location: Bloomington Event Center, 1114 American Blvd W. Bloomington, MN 55420

Weigh In: 3pm sharp at event site

Bouts: 6pm

Contact: Lisa Bauch lisa@uppercutgym.com cell 612-751-5551

Tickets: CLICK HERE

Region 1 Director: Heidi Amouta 
Region 1 consists of Minneapolis & surrounding suburbs
Region 2 Director: Lisa Bauch
Region 2 consists of St. Paul, southern suburbs and parts of South Dakota

Region 3 Tournament

Date: Saturday, March 29th, 2025

Location: Hillsboro Event Center, 128 4th St SE, Hilsboro, ND 58045

Weigh In: 10am at event site

Bouts: 6pm

Contact: Danny Pruneda pruneda_2012@hotmail.com cell 701-430-7237

Region 3 consists of North Dakota

Region 4 Tournament

Date: Saturday, March 22nd, 2025

Location: Brainerd Armory-MN National Guard, 1115 Wright Street, Brainerd, MN 56401

Weigh In: 3pm sharp at event site

Bouts: 6pm

Contact: Chris Bunnis chrisbunnis@yahoo.com cell 218-850-0872

Region 4  consists of Northern MN

2024 UPPER MIDWEST GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Date: Fri, April 18th & Sat, April 19th, 2025

Location: The Park Event Center, 500 Division St., St. Cloud, MN 56387

Weigh In: Fri, April 18th 4pm, Sat, April 19th 8am both at venue

Bouts: Fri, April 18th 7pm start time, Sat, April 19th 11:30am start time

Contact: Lisa Bauch cell 612-751-5551, Cindy Schumacher 320-291-6058

Tickets: CLICK HERE

 

The 2025 National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma from May 11–18, 2025

Boxers Qualifications

WEIGHTS:

    

Weight classes apply to Novice and Elite Boxers. Only Elite boxers will advance to the National Golden Gloves. Twenty (20) weight classes will be contested at the National Tournament. Non-citizens of the US are eligible to compete in the 2025 Regional and National Tournaments.
MALE:110, 121,132,143,154,165,176,187,198, 198+
FEMALE: 106,112,119,125,132,143,154,165,176, 176+

 

BOXER AGE REQUIREMENTS:

     Boxers ages 18 thru 40 are eligible to participate. All boxers must be at lease 18 years of age prior to competing in ANY Golden Gloves advancing event and not yet 41 before May 18th, 2025.

BOUT REQUIREMENTS:

    OPEN boxers must have a total of ten (10) bouts listed in Matchtracker to register for the UMGG Regional tournaments. Novice boxers 0-9 bouts. Elite boxers will box 3/3’s, Novice will box 3/2’s

 

ACCOMODATIONS:

Open boxers and designated Regional Coaches (by Regional Director) will be provided a shared room.

 

MISCELLANEOUS:

       Uniforms: We HIGHLY recommend that boxers have a blue and red uniform for this tournament. This is not required. Please refer to the attached documents for restrictions on uniforms.

 

       Boxing Equipment: ONLY OPEN FACE USA Boxing Approved headgear will be allowed.

Boxers that do not box in the Upper Midwest Tournament will need a .4% ratio of win to loss boxing record for the UMGG to pay travel and accommodations to the National Golden Gloves Tournament. Boxers that box in the UMGG Championship Tournament that advance to the National Golden Gloves will receive a championship belt.

 

 

National Golden Gloves will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Boxers must arrive Saturday, May 10th, competition is Monday, May 12th – Saturday, May 17th 2025.

 

Registration

Online registration is now available for the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves (UMGG) Tournaments, registration will end March 14th, 2025 at 5pm CST.
Registration is required for Elite and Novice boxers as well as coaches that wish to participate in this advancing tournament.
 
You must register to the Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Tournament to be eligible for the Region I, II, III and IV tournaments. Boxers that win at the regional level advance to the UMGG Championship Tournament held April 18th & 19th in St. Cloud, advancing boxers will then compete at the National Golden Gloves Tournament held May 10-18th , 2025, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
 
To register: log into USA Boxing web point (CLICK HERE) on the left menu column click on Sanction Events, then click on Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Championship Tournament, click on either boxer or coach registration.
 
Questions: Please call or text Cindy Schumacher at 320-291-6058
 

 

 

Counties for UMGG Regional Tournament 2025

Region 1 includes the following counties 18 total:

Hennepin, Anoka, Isanti, Chisago, Pine, Carver, McLeod, Sibley, Nicollet, Renville, Chippewa, Yellow Medicine, Lac qui Parie, Big Stone, Meeker, Wright, Sherburne

St. Louis -Twin Ports Boxing Club only

Region 2 includes the following counties 32 total:

Ramsey, Scott, Dakota, Washington, Rice, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Wabasha, Winona, Olmsted, Dodge, Steele, Waseca, Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Redwood, Murray, Lyon, Lincoln, Pipestone, Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Fairbault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore, Houston

St. Louis -Jungle Boy Boxing Club only; Parts of South Dakota

Region 3 is the state of North Dakota
Region 4 includes the following counties 39 total:

Wadena, Todd, Sterns, Kandlyohi, Swift, Benton, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Morrison, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Crow Wing, Atkin, Carlton, Cass, Hubbard, Becker, Clay, Norman, Mahnomen, Clearwater, Polk, Red Lake, Pennington, Beltrami, Koochinching, Itasca, Saint Louis, Lake, Cook, Lake of the Woods, Rouseau, Kittson, Marshall

2023 Upper Midwest Golden Gloves Champions

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Former Champions

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