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title: "RING Lightweight Rankings - February 1980"
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# RING Lightweight Rankings - February 1980

RING Lightweight rankings. Month: February 1980. 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 (February 1980) |
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| Champion | Vacant |
| 1 | [Jim Watt (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jim-watt) |
| 2 | [Ernesto Espana (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ernesto-espana) |
| 3 | [Howard Davis (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/howard-davis) |
| 4 | [Hilmer Kenty (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hilmer-kenty) |
| 5 | [Aaron Pryor (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/aaron-pryor) |
| 6 | [Vilomar Fernandez (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vilomar-fernandez) |
| 7 | [Edwin Viruet (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/edwin-viruet) |
| 8 | [Julio Valdez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/julio-valdez) |
| 9 | [Johnny Lira (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/johnny-lira) |
| 10 | [Claude Noel (Trinidad & Tobago)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/claude-noel) |

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