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title: "RING Welterweight Rankings - May 1955"
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# RING Welterweight Rankings - May 1955

RING Welterweight rankings. Month: May 1955. 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 (May 1955) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Tony Demarco (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tony-demarco) - Champion |
| 1 | [Carmen Basilio (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/carmen-basilio) |
| 2 | [Johnny Saxton (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/johnny-saxton) |
| 3 | [Ramon Fuentes (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ramon-fuentes) |
| 4 | [Vince Martinez (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vince-martinez) |
| 5 | [Maurice Harper (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/maurice-harper) |
| 6 | [Virgil Akins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/virgil-akins) |
| 7 | [Hector Constance (Trinidad & Tobago)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hector-constance) |
| 8 | [Del Flanagan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/del-flanagan) |
| 9 | [Chico Vejar (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chico-vejar) |
| 10 | [Kid Gavilan (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kid-gavilan) |

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