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title: "Welterweight Boxing Rankings - January 1956"
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# Welterweight Boxing Rankings - January 1956

Combined Welterweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: January 1956. These are official monthly lists, 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 1956) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Carmen Basilio (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/carmen-basilio) - Champion |
| 1 | [Tony Demarco (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tony-demarco) |
| 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 | [Isaac Logart (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/isaac-logart) |
| 6 | [Virgil Akins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/virgil-akins) |
| 7 | [Del Flanagan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/del-flanagan) |
| 8 | [George Barnes (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/george-barnes) |
| 9 | [Art Aragon (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/art-aragon) |
| 10 | [Joe Miceli (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-miceli) |

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