---
title: "Lightweight Boxing Rankings - October 1951"
---

# Lightweight Boxing Rankings - October 1951

Combined Lightweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: October 1951. 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 (October 1951) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [James Carter (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/james-carter) - Champion |
| 1 | [Art Aragon (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/art-aragon) |
| 2 | [Freddie Dawson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/freddie-dawson) |
| 3 | [Joe Brown (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-brown) |
| 4 | [Virgil Akins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/virgil-akins) |
| 5 | [Luther Rawlings (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/luther-rawlings) |
| 6 | [Paddy DeMarco (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/paddy-demarco) |
| 7 | [Del Flanagan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/del-flanagan) |
| 8 | [Henry Davis (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/henry-davis) |
| 9 | [Johnny Gonsalves (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/johnny-gonsalves) |
| 10 | [Arthur King (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/arthur-king) |

---

HTML: https://box-rank.com/rankings/lightweight/october-1951
Markdown: https://box-rank.com/rankings/lightweight/october-1951.md