History

Boxing is one of the charter sports of the United States Olympic Education Center, established as a resident program in 1987.  It has produced numerous Olympic, world and national champions, including the USOEC’s first world champion in Vernon Forest who won the 139-pound title in March 1992, the first American to ever win the world title at that weight.  David Reid won the program's first Olympic gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Al Mitchell became the first USOEC coach to be selected as a head coach of an Olympic team, chosen to lead the U.S. Boxing team that competed at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Olympic Team Members

• Vernon Forrest, 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain
• David Reid, 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Gold medalist
• Zahir Raheem, 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Lawrence Clay-Bey, 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
• Brian Viloria, 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia
• David Jackson, 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia
• Jermain Taylor, 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia - Bronze medalist
• Clarence Vinson, 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia - Bronze medalist
• Rock Allen, 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece
• Roberto Benitez, 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece

World Champions

World Championship Team Members

• Clarence Vinson (Washington, D.C.), 1997 & 1999

World Team Members

U.S. National Champions

• David Jackson (Seattle, WA), 1997

U.S. National Team Members

Former USOEC resident athletes in the pro ranks