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title: "Middleweight Boxing Rankings - January 1948"
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# Middleweight Boxing Rankings - January 1948

Combined Middleweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: January 1948. 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 1948) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Rocky Graziano (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rocky-graziano) - Champion |
| 1 | [Tony Zale (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tony-zale) |
| 2 | [Bert Lytell (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bert-lytell) |
| 3 | [Marcel Cerdan (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcel-cerdan) |
| 4 | [Steve Belloise (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/steve-belloise) |
| 5 | [Jake Lamotta (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jake-lamotta) |
| 6 | [Al Hostak (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/al-hostak) |
| 7 | [Major Jones (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/major-jones) |
| 8 | [Anton Raadik (Estonia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anton-raadik) |
| 9 | [Jackie Darthard (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jackie-darthard) |
| 10 | [Tony Janiro (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tony-janiro) |

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