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title: "RING Welterweight Rankings - May 1982"
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# RING Welterweight Rankings - May 1982

RING Welterweight rankings. Month: May 1982. 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 1982) |
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| Champion | [Ray Leonard (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ray-leonard) - Champion |
| 1 | [Thomas Hearns (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thomas-hearns) |
| 2 | [Roger Stafford (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roger-stafford) |
| 3 | [Pipino Cuevas (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/pipino-cuevas) |
| 4 | [Milton McCrory (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/milton-mccrory) |
| 5 | [Donald Curry (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/donald-curry) |
| 6 | [Roberto Duran (Panama)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roberto-duran) |
| 7 | [Colin Jones (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/colin-jones) |
| 8 | [Kevin Howard (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kevin-howard) |
| 9 | [Bobby Joe Young (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bobby-joe-young) |
| 10 | [Marlon Starling (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marlon-starling) |

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