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title: "RING Light Heavyweight Rankings - May 1942"
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# RING Light Heavyweight Rankings - May 1942

RING Light Heavyweight rankings. Month: May 1942. 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 1942) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Gus Lesnevich (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gus-lesnevich) - Champion |
| 1 | [Booker Beckwith (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/booker-beckwith) |
| 2 | [Jimmy Bivins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jimmy-bivins) |
| 3 | [Ken Overlin (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ken-overlin) |
| 4 | [Johnny Colan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/johnny-colan) |
| 5 | [Anton Christoforidis (Greece)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/anton-christoforidis) |
| 6 | [Alabama Kid (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alabama-kid) |
| 7 | [Billy Soose (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/billy-soose) |
| 8 | [Tommy Tucker (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tommy-tucker) |
| 9 | [Lloyd Marshall (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lloyd-marshall-usa) |
| 10 | [Jack Coggins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jack-coggins) |

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