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title: "RING Welterweight Rankings - January 1969"
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# RING Welterweight Rankings - January 1969

RING Welterweight rankings. Month: January 1969. 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 1969) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Curtis Cokes (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/curtis-cokes) - Champion |
| 1 | [Jose Napoles (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jose-napoles) |
| 2 | [Percy Pugh (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/percy-pugh) |
| 3 | [Raul Soriano (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/raul-soriano) |
| 4 | [Ernie Lopez (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ernie-lopez) |
| 5 | [Manuel Gonzalez (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/manuel-gonzalez) |
| 6 | [Carmelo Bossi (Italy)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/carmelo-bossi) |
| 7 | [Joe Shaw (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-shaw) |
| 8 | [Fighting MacK (Netherlands)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fighting-mack) |
| 9 | [Billy Backus (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/billy-backus) |
| 10 | [Johann Orsolics (Austria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/johann-orsolics) |

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