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title: "Featherweight Boxing Rankings - January 1976"
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# Featherweight Boxing Rankings - January 1976

Combined Featherweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: January 1976. These are official monthly lists, not BoxRec fight records. See [Box-Rank vs BoxRec](https://box-rank.com/blog/box-rank-vs-boxrec-which-boxing-site-should-you-use).

| Rank | RING (January 1976) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Alexis Arguello (Nicaragua)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alexis-arguello) - Champion |
| 1 | [Art Hafey (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/art-hafey) |
| 2 | [David Kotey (Ghana)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-kotey) |
| 3 | [Elio Cotina (Italy)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/elio-cotina) |
| 4 | [Danny Lopez (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/danny-lopez) |
| 5 | [Lionel Hernandez (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lionel-hernandez) |
| 6 | [Ruben Olivares (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ruben-olivares) |
| 7 | [Shig Fukuyama (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shig-fukuyama) |
| 8 | [Royal Kobayashi (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/royal-kobayashi) |
| 9 | [Octavio Gomez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/octavio-gomez) |
| 10 | [Arnold Taylor (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/arnold-taylor) |

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