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title: "RING Middleweight Rankings - January 1949"
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# RING Middleweight Rankings - January 1949

RING Middleweight rankings. Month: January 1949. 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 1949) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Marcel Cerdan (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcel-cerdan) - Champion |
| 1 | [Bert Lytell (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bert-lytell) |
| 2 | [Steve Belloise (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/steve-belloise) |
| 3 | [Jake Lamotta (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jake-lamotta) |
| 4 | [Tony Zale (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tony-zale) |
| 5 | [Cyrille Delannoit (Belgium)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/cyrille-delannoit) |
| 6 | [Sylvester Perkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sylvester-perkins) |
| 7 | [Dick Turpin (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dick-turpin) |
| 8 | [Robert Villemain (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-villemain) |
| 9 | [Lee Sala (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lee-sala) |
| 10 | [Rocky Graziano (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rocky-graziano) |

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