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title: "RING Welterweight Rankings - January 1980"
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# RING Welterweight Rankings - January 1980

RING Welterweight rankings. Month: January 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 (January 1980) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Ray Leonard (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ray-leonard) - Champion |
| 1 | [Wilfred Benitez (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/wilfred-benitez) |
| 2 | [Pipino Cuevas (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/pipino-cuevas) |
| 3 | [Roberto Duran (Panama)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roberto-duran) |
| 4 | [Thomas Hearns (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thomas-hearns) |
| 5 | [Jorgen Hansen (Denmark)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jorgen-hansen) |
| 6 | [Pete Ranzany (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/pete-ranzany) |
| 7 | [Angel Espada (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/angel-espada) |
| 8 | [David Green (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-green) |
| 9 | [Randy Shields (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/randy-shields) |
| 10 | [Joseph Nsubuga (Uganda)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joseph-nsubuga) |

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