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title: "Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - April 1979"
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# Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - April 1979

Combined Light Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: April 1979. 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 (April 1979) |
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| Champion | Vacant |
| 1 | [Victor Galindez (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/victor-galindez) |
| 2 | [Matthew Saad Muhammad (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/matthew-saad-muhammad) |
| 3 | [Yaqui Lopez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yaqui-lopez) |
| 4 | [Mike Rossman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-rossman) |
| 5 | [John Conteh (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/john-conteh) |
| 6 | [Marvin Johnson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marvin-johnson) |
| 7 | [James Scott (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/james-scott) |
| 8 | [Jesse Burnett (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jesse-burnett) |
| 9 | [Marvin Camel (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marvin-camel) |
| 10 | [Rudi Koopmans (Netherlands)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rudi-koopmans) |

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