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title: "Welterweight Boxing Rankings - May 1959"
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# Welterweight Boxing Rankings - May 1959

Combined Welterweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: May 1959. 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 (May 1959) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Don Jordan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/don-jordan) - Champion |
| 1 | [Virgil Akins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/virgil-akins) |
| 2 | [Garnett Hart (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/garnett-hart) |
| 3 | [Del Flanagan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/del-flanagan) |
| 4 | [Denny Moyer (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/denny-moyer) |
| 5 | [Charley Scott (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/charley-scott) |
| 6 | [Ralph Dupas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ralph-dupas) |
| 7 | [Duilio Loi (Italy)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/duilio-loi) |
| 8 | [Gaspar Ortega (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gaspar-ortega) |
| 9 | [Rudell Stitch (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rudell-stitch) |
| 10 | [Isaac Logart (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/isaac-logart) |

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