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title: "RING Light Heavyweight Rankings - August 1940"
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# RING Light Heavyweight Rankings - August 1940

RING Light Heavyweight rankings. Month: August 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 (August 1940) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Billy Conn (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/billy-conn) - Champion |
| 1 | [Gus Lesnevich (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gus-lesnevich) |
| 2 | [Anton Christoforidis (Greece)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anton-christoforidis) |
| 3 | [Teddy Yarosz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/teddy-yarosz) |
| 4 | [Melio Bettina (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/melio-bettina) |
| 5 | [Jimmy Reeves (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jimmy-reeves) |
| 6 | [Solly Krieger (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/solly-krieger) |
| 7 | [Turkey Thompson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/turkey-thompson) |
| 8 | [Lloyd Marshall (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lloyd-marshall-usa) |
| 9 | [Jimmy Webb (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jimmy-webb) |
| 10 | [Fred Apostoli (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fred-apostoli) |

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