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title: "RING Featherweight Rankings - May 1940"
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# RING Featherweight Rankings - May 1940

RING Featherweight rankings. Month: May 1940. This is the official monthly list, 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 1940) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Joey Archibald (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joey-archibald) - Champion |
| 1 | [Jimmy Perrin (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jimmy-perrin) |
| 2 | [Pete Scalzo (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/pete-scalzo) |
| 3 | [Chalky Wright (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chalky-wright) |
| 4 | [Simon Chavez (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/simon-chavez) |
| 5 | [Sixto Escobar (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sixto-escobar) |
| 6 | [Spider Armstrong (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/spider-armstrong) |
| 7 | [Harry Jeffra (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/harry-jeffra) |
| 8 | [Maxie Shapiro (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/maxie-shapiro) |
| 9 | [Vern Bybee (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vern-bybee) |
| 10 | [Larry Bolvin (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/larry-bolvin) |

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