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title: "Lightweight Boxing Rankings - May 1979"
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# Lightweight Boxing Rankings - May 1979

Combined Lightweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: May 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 (May 1979) |
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| Champion | Vacant |
| 1 | [Jim Watt (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jim-watt) |
| 2 | [Claude Noel (Trinidad & Tobago)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/claude-noel) |
| 3 | [Johnny Lira (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/johnny-lira) |
| 4 | [Vilomar Fernandez (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vilomar-fernandez) |
| 5 | [Herman Montes (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/herman-montes) |
| 6 | [Alfredo Pitalua (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alfredo-pitalua) |
| 7 | [Howard Davis (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/howard-davis) |
| 8 | [Julio Valdez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/julio-valdez) |
| 9 | [Jorge Morales (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jorge-morales) |
| 10 | [Masahiro Yokai (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/masahiro-yokai) |

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