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title: "Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - January 1942"
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# Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - January 1942

Combined Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: January 1942. 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 1942) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Joe Louis (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-louis) - Champion |
| 1 | [Billy Conn (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/billy-conn) |
| 2 | [Lem Franklin (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lem-franklin) |
| 3 | [Bob Pastor (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bob-pastor) |
| 4 | [Melio Bettina (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/melio-bettina) |
| 5 | [Abe Simon (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/abe-simon) |
| 6 | [Turkey Thompson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/turkey-thompson) |
| 7 | [Buddy Baer (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/buddy-baer) |
| 8 | [Lou Nova (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lou-nova) |
| 9 | [Arturo Godoy (Chile)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/arturo-godoy) |
| 10 | [Roscoe Toles (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roscoe-toles) |

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