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

RING Light Heavyweight rankings. Month: January 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 (January 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 | [Fred Apostoli (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fred-apostoli) |
| 3 | [Melio Bettina (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/melio-bettina) |
| 4 | [Len Harvey (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/len-harvey) |
| 5 | [Jock McAvoy (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jock-mcavoy) |
| 6 | [Teddy Yarosz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/teddy-yarosz) |
| 7 | [Dave Clark (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dave-clark) |
| 8 | [Al Gainer (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/al-gainer) |
| 9 | [Anton Christoforidis (Greece)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anton-christoforidis) |
| 10 | [Larry Lane (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/larry-lane) |

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