Ring Magazine Rankings May-June 1970

Just flicking through this magazine and i wondered how does their boxing climate compare to this era in terms of depth and level of fighters in each weight class, overral.

This is not a H2H mathc up more just a comparison of strength, fighters ability and competition in the divisions.

1970

Heavyweight

Champ Joe Frazier
1. Leotis Martin
2. Jimmy Ellis
3. Mac Foster
4. Oscar Bonavena
5. Sonny Liston
6. Jerry Quarry
7. George Chuvalo
8. Al Jones
9. Henry Cooper
10. Jose Ibar Urtain

Light Heavyweight

Champ Bob Foster
1. Dick Tiger
2. Jimmy Dupree
3. Mark Tessman
4. Ray Anderson
5. Hal Carrol
6. Vicente Rodan
7. Andy Kendall
8. Peiro Del Papa
9. Yvan Prebeg
10. Gomeo Brennan

Middleweight

Champ Nino Benvenuti
1. Denny Moyer
2. Luis Manuel Rodriguez
3. Emile Griffith
4. Freddie Little
5. Juan Carlos Duran
6. Tom Bogs
7. Don Fullmer
8. Fraser Scott
9. Doyle Baird
10. Carlos Monzon

Welterweight

Champ Jose Napoles
1. Manuel Gonzalez
2. Rodrigo Valdez
3. Ernie Lopez
4. Percy Pugh
5. Johann Orsolics
6. Hedgemon Lewis
7. Billy Backus
8. Raul Rodriguez
9. Donato Paduano
10. Raul Soriano

Junior Welterweight

Champ Niccolino Locche
1. Bruno Acari
2. Adolph Pruitt
3. Jimmy Robertson
4. Joa Henrqiu
5. Turk Kamaci
6. Enrique Jana
7. Ely Yares
8. Eddie garcia
9. Larry Harding
10. Eddie perkins

Lightweight

Champ Mando Ramos
1. Pedro Carrasco
2. Ismael Laguna
3. Jaguer Kakizawa
4. Carlos Hernandez
5. Sugar Ramos
6. Raul Montoya
7. Miguel Velasquez
8. Ken Buchanan
9. Hector Pace
10. Arturo Lomelli

Junior Lightweight

Champ Hiroshi Kobayashi
1. Ruben Navvaro
2. Antonio Amaya
3. Alton Colter
4. Silverro Ortiz
5. Rene Barreintos
6. Jose Acosta
7. Ray Echavarria
8. Frankie Crawford
9. Alfredo Marcona
10. Jose Smecca

Featherweight

Champ Johnny Famechon
1. Shozzo Saijo
2. Antonio Gomez
3. Vicente Saldivar
4. Kuniaki Shibata
5. Cruz Marcano
6. Jimmy Revie
7. Fernando Sotelo
8. Hiroshi Sojo
9. Jose Legra
10. Eder Jofre

Bantamweight

Champ Ruben Olivares
1. Takao Sakurai
2. Chuchu Castillo
3. Raul Cruz
4. Kazuoyoshi Kanazawa
5. Alan Rudkin
6. Julio Guerro
7. Johnny Clark
8. Katsuyoshi Takayama
9. Walter McGowan
10. Mario manrique

Flyweight

Champ Alacran Effre Torres
1. Berkerk Chartvanchai
2. Fermin Gomez
3. Bernabe Villecampo
4. Susumu Hanagata
5. Octavio Gomez
6. Chatchai Chinoi
7. Lorenzo Guiterrez
8. Betulio Gonzalez
9. Johnny McCluckey
10. Masao Ohba

the present rnaking are up in the next post

 

http://www.ringtv.com/ratings/

theres the present rankings

Things that stuck out to me is how strong the Classic divsions were in 1970 they were packed, also there was alot of veterans around which is the case today as well but there was more in 1970 IMO.

However the ******* division are much stronger in the present days

 

yes in a packed Middleweight division

 

McGrain you get ona t me for hijacking threads :good

there not a greenish version of Monzon against an older Tiger :think interesting that think Tigers past it abit to much and Monzon wins

 

Yeh he was abit of an unknown qauntity then

 

Ho wabout compared to now, i just think Boxing was very strong in Light, Wleter and Middle and the rest were about the same as they are now

 

yeh, im not too knowledgeable on the lower weights of that period what guys make it so good?

Obviously, Ohba, Gonzalez,Rudkin, McGowan, Chinoi, C;ark, Castillo, Sakurai, Olivares, Fammechon, Jofre, Legra, Saldivar, Shibata