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title: "RING Welterweight Rankings - January 1978"
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# RING Welterweight Rankings - January 1978

RING Welterweight rankings. Month: January 1978. 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 1978) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Carlos Palomino (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/carlos-palomino) - Champion |
| 1 | [Pipino Cuevas (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/pipino-cuevas) |
| 2 | [Randy Shields (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/randy-shields) |
| 3 | [Harold Weston (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/harold-weston) |
| 4 | [Pete Ranzany (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/pete-ranzany) |
| 5 | [Floyd Mayweather (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/floyd-mayweather) |
| 6 | [Armando Muniz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/armando-muniz) |
| 7 | [Clyde Gray (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/clyde-gray) |
| 8 | [Everaldo Costa Azevedo (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/everaldo-costa-azevedo) |
| 9 | [Bruce Curry (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bruce-curry) |
| 10 | [Jose Figueroa (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jose-figueroa) |

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