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title: "WBA Welterweight Rankings - January 2017"
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# WBA Welterweight Rankings - January 2017

WBA Welterweight rankings. Month: January 2017. 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 | WBA (January 2017) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Keith Thurman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keith-thurman) - Super Champion |
| Champion | [David Avanesyan (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-avanesyan) - World Champion |
| 1 | [Tewa Kiram (Thailand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tewa-kiram) |
| 2 | [Lamont Peterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lamont-peterson) |
| 3 | [Kerman Lejarraga (Spain)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kerman-lejarraga) |
| 4 | [Amir Khan (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/amir-khan) |
| 5 | [Carlos Adames (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/carlos-adames) |
| 6 | [Charles Manyuchi (Zimbabwe)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/charles-manyuchi) |
| 7 | [Shawn Porter (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shawn-porter) |
| 8 | [Roberto Arriaza (Nicaragua)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roberto-arriaza) |
| 9 | [Zhankosh Turarov (Kazakhstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zhankosh-turarov) |
| 10 | [Chris Van Heerden (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chris-van-heerden) |
| 11 | [Taras Shelestyuk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/taras-shelestyuk) |
| 12 | [Konstantin Ponomarev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/konstantin-ponomarev) |
| 13 | [Samuel Vargas (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/samuel-vargas) |
| 14 | [Fabian Andres Maidana (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fabian-andres-maidana) |
| 15 | [Domicio Rondon (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/domicio-rondon) |

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