The Sept 1979 Ring Welter Ratings!!!

There were only so many Americans because the Eastern europeans were not allowed to compete. Ukrainian robots > American bums.

 

Of course it is bigger now than then. Much more connected, much more chances for fighters from 3rd world countries to break through and of course the whole former Eastbloc is can compete now.

You call those Ukrainians robots, I call those Americans bums. Same thing, old man.

I never wrote the Wlad fight was entertaining. I know you are English, I don´t know how that matters though.

 

September 1979

* WBC Champion.........Wilfred Benitez
* WBA Champion.........Jose 'Pipino' Cuevas

1.....Ray Leonard
2....Roberto Duran
3....Thomas Hearns
4....Pete Ranzany
5....Joergen Hansen
6....Angel Espada
7....Andy Price
8....Davey Green
9....Manuel Jiminez

The Ring Magazine, wasn't always on the 'ball'.

Also, both Carlos Palomino and Harold Weston Jr. had just retired.

Otherwise, Carlos Palomino would have been ranked #4, and Harold Weston Jr. would have been ranked #6.

#5 Joergen Hansen, got there based upon 'one single' right hand that he landed on Davey Green,
otherwise, he was not really a Top 10 ranked Welterweight.

#9 Manuel 'Yuca' Jiminez 18-2-0 (11 KO's), had just lost a 10-Round (Majority Decision) to
Ruby 'The Snake' Ortiz 20-3-3 (7 KO's) in Puerto Rico.
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Some of the ranked WBA boys;
* Harold Volbrecht (South Africa).......20-2-1 (4 KO's)
* David Kambule (South Africa)..........24-1-0 (12 KO's)
* Chris Clarke (Canada)....................19-0-0 (14 KO's)
* Randy Shields (USA)......................33-5-1 (17 KO's)
* Man-Deuk Lee (South Korea)...........18-2-0 (14 KO's)
* Alfredo Ruben Lucero (Argentina).....27-3-4 (15 KO's)

Randy Shields had just fought a 'controversial' 15-Round Decision with Pipino Cuevas
in July 1979. Randy should have been ranked at least #5.

 

It was like the heavyweight division early in the same decade. Brilliant.

 

NNN,

Did 'Davey Boy' Green deserve a WBC Welterweight Title shot versus Ray Leonard on March 31, 1980.

I believe the call was - 'he was a safe opponent'.

Despite the 33-2-0 (26 KO's) record, the 26 1/2 year-old 'Fenland Tiger' was 'damaged goods', and everybody knew it.

The word going around was,,,,,,,, "if you hit him, he went to sleep".

 

Underrated Champion in an underrated division......very very strong LHW days.

 

Mony Mony,

"Davey Boy' Green 33-1-0 (25 KO's) was 'starched' in 3-Rounds by 36 year-old 'Dane' Joergen Hansen in June 1979.

Joergen, at 59-13-0 (27 KO's) was a {6-1 Underdog} in that bout for the European Welterweight Championship.

The 'veteran' Danish fighter would have been a better opponent for Ray Leonard, than 'fragile' Davey Boy Green.

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Great division, great era.

 

Not to sure on the actual rankings, but we had a golden era in the 90's to early 2000's.

Tito
ODLH
Mosley
Quartey
Sweat Pea


In the mid 2000's we had :

Mayweather
Cotto
Margarito
Mosley


Just after Mosley battered Margo in 09 we had : (Percived as top fighters)

Mayweather
Pac
Mosley
Cotto
Berto

 

Pete Ranzany

A hell of a good welterweight, was no better than 5th in 1979.

May have been good enough, to defeat Carlos Palomino in 1977/1978/1979.

 

There was also Curry, Starling, Honeyghan, Breland, McCrory, Colin Jones

It wasn't just welterweight either, pretty much most divisions were stacked silly, what an era

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Pre-1979

A very tough group.

Jose Napoles
Armando Muniz
John Stracey
Clyde Gray
Johnny Gant
Ernie Lopez
Hedgemon Lewis
Roger Menetrey
Jose Baquedano