The Ring's Junior Welterweight & Welterweight Ratings, April 1981

[Rebel]

Joonie, this is all I could dig up. Here you go:

April 1981

Welterweights

World Champ: Ray Leonard
1. Thomas Hearns
2. Wilfredo Benitez
3. Pipino Cuevas
4. Roberto Duran
5. Randy Shields
6. Pete Ranzany
7. Adolfo Viruet
8. Jorgen Hansen
9. Luis Primera
10. Clint Jackson

Junior Welterweights

World Champ: Aaron Pryor
1. Saoul Mamby
2. Jo Kimpuani
3. Lennox Blackmore
4. Sang-Hyun Kim
5. Domingo Ayala
6. Dujuan Johnson
7. Miguel Montilla
8. Willie Rodriguez
9. Bruce Curry
10. Monroe Brooks

[Joonie73]

Just saw this; thanks, big guy! Were you able to find WBA & WBC rankings?

P.S. Pryor should have fought Mamby.

[Michael Matos]

I have an assortment of ratings from the 80's. WBC,WBA,IBF, British Commonwealth, the odd Oriental and Pacific ratings along with some NABF ratings I may or may not have what you are looking for. it's a collection in progress.

[Michael Matos]

Originally posted by Rebel:
Joonie, this is all I could dig up. Here you go:

April 1981

Welterweights

World Champ: Ray Leonard
1. Thomas Hearns
2. Wilfredo Benitez
3. Pipino Cuevas
4. Roberto Duran
5. Randy Shields
6. Pete Ranzany
7. Adolfo Viruet
8. Jorgen Hansen
9. Luis Primera
10. Clint Jackson

Junior Welterweights

World Champ: Aaron Pryor
1. Saoul Mamby
2. Jo Kimpuani
3. Lennox Blackmore
4. Sang-Hyun Kim
5. Domingo Ayala
6. Dujuan Johnson
7. Miguel Montilla
8. Willie Rodriguez
9. Bruce Curry
10. Monroe Brooks Welters and Junior Welters. Ring Magazine August 1981.

Welters.

Ray Leonard-Champion
1. Tommy Hearns
2. Pipino Cuevas
3. Roberto Duran
4. Randy Shields
5. Pete Ranzany
6. Adolfo Viruet
7. Bruce Finch
8.Milton McCroroy
9. Luis Primera
10. Roger Stafford
11. Babs McCarthy
12. Carlos Santos
13. Pepe Dominguez
14. Greg Stephens
15. Davey Moore
16. Marlon Starling
17. Harold Volbrecht
18. Larry Bonds
19. Colin Jones
20 Chung Jae Hwang

Junior Welterweights.

Aaron Pryor-Champion
1. Saoul Mamby
2. Jo Kimpuani
3. Dujuan Johnson
4. Miguel Montilla
5. Lennox Blackmore
6. Willie Rodriguez
7. Monroe Brooks
8. Lerpy Haley
9. Johhny Bumphus
10. Domingo Ayala
11. Steve hearon
12. Obisia Nwanka
13. Bruce Curry
14. Cristoabl Torres
15. Sal Lopez
16. Jorge Morales
17. Jaun Jose Jiminez
18. Mark Ibanez
19. Robert Alfaro
20. Hguo Luero
21. Termite Watkins
22. Steve Early
23. Thomas Americo
24. Antonio Guinaldo
25. Hugo Quartapelle

I do not have WBA and WBC rankings for this time frame.

[Michael Matos]

I do have some limited WBC and WBA ratings for August 1981 for the following fighters.

Japan

Flipper Uehara. Jr. Lightweight, #3 WBC, #10 WBA
Tenyu Maruki. Featherweight, #10 WBA
Hiroshi Gonohoe. Jr Featherweight #7 WBA
Syuchi Isogami. Bantamweight, #6 WBA
Jiro Watanabe. Jr. Bantamweight, #9 WBC
Shoji Oguma. Jr. Bantamweight, #6 WBC
Nobuyuki Watanabe. Flyweight, #7 WBA
Koki Ishii. Flyweight, #5 WBA
Masahara Inami Jr. Flyweight, #9 WBC
Katsuo Tokashiki. Jr Flyweight, #2 WBA, #10 WBC

Japanese fighters holding OPBF titles as of August 1981.

Tadashi Mahara-Junior middleweight
Royal Kobayashi-Featherweight
Eijiro Murata-Bantamweight

Phillipines

Johnny Soto. Jr. Lightweight, #4 WBC

Phillipine OPBF titleholders as of August 1981.

Willie Lucas-Jr, Featherweight
William Develos-Jr. Bantamweight

Thailand.

Vichit Muangroi. Jr. Featherweight, #1 WBA
Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh. Jr Flyweight, #1 WBC

[ December 27, 2003, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: Michael Matos ]