Welterweight Rankings Archive | December 1997

Note: Between September 1989 and November 2001 The Ring published contender rankings only (positions 1–10) and did not include a separate "champion" in its ratings.

Note: The WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO December 1997 rankings are not available.

Rank	RINGDecember 1997
1	Oscar De La Hoya
2	Pernell Whitaker
3	Felix Trinidad
4	Ike Quartey
5	Jose Luis Lopez
6	Oba Carr
7	Patrick Charpentier
8	Vernon Forrest
9	Wilfredo Rivera
10	Andrei Pestriaev