The Top Ranked Boxers by Rookie
Year-1979
Notes: This is a list of the
greatest boxers to start their pro career in the year listed.
Ranking Explanation
Rnk |
Athlete |
Weight Class |
Overall Rank |
1 |
Azumah Nelson |
Featherweight |
60 |
2 |
Ray Mancini |
Lightweight |
327 |
3 |
Edwin Rosario |
Lightweight |
363 |
4 |
Jiro Watanabe |
Bantamweight |
398 |
5 |
Gianfranco Rosi |
Middleweight |
453 |
6 |
Marlon Starling |
Welterweight |
525 |
7 |
Tim Witherspoon |
Heavyweight |
714 |
8 |
Miguel Lora |
Bantamweight |
752 |
9 |
Greg Page |
Heavyweight |
811 |
10 |
Lindell Holmes |
Light Heavyweight |
823 |
11 |
Gaby Canizales |
Bantamweight |
995 |
12 |
Javier Lucas |
Flyweight |
1030 |
13 |
Victor Callejas |
Featherweight |
1076 |
14 |
Simon Skosana |
Bantamweight |
1223 |
15 |
Isidro Perez |
Flyweight |
1314 |
16 |
Billy Costello |
Welterweight |
1444 |
17 |
Tsuyoshi Hamada |
Welterweight |
1482 |
18 |
JB Williamson |
Light Heavyweight |
1689 |
19 |
Terrence Alli |
Welterweight |
1703 |
20 |
Mauricio Aceves |
Lightweight |
1724 |
21 |
Duane Thomas |
Middleweight |
1728 |
22 |
Rene Arredondo |
Welterweight |
1782 |
23 |
Alex Blanchard |
Light Heavyweight |
1832 |
24 |
Bobby Berna |
Featherweight |
1977 |
25 |
Charlie Brown |
Lightweight |
1978 |
26 |
Mark Medal |
Middleweight |
1979 |
27 |
Rafael Orono |
Bantamweight |
2020 |
28 |
Ki-Young Chung |
Featherweight |
2384 |
29 |
Aladin Stevens |
Lightweight |
2450 |
30 |
Willy Salazar |
Flyweight |
2729 |
31 |
Carlos Pinango |
Featherweight |
3773 |
32 |
Chung-Il Choi |
Lightweight |
3774 |
33 |
Earl Hargrove |
Middleweight |
3775 |
34 |
Kelvin Lampkin |
Featherweight |
3776 |
35 |
Miguel Iriarte |
Bantamweight |
3777 |
36 |
Oscar Rivadeneyra |
Light Heavyweight |
3778 |
37 |
Rene Busayong |
Flyweight |
3779 |
38 |
Reyes Antonio Cruz |
Welterweight |
3780 |
39 |
Steve Muchoki |
Flyweight |
3781 |
40 |
Tony Baltazar |
Welterweight |
3782 |
41 |
Valery Lvov |
Welterweight |
3783 |
42 |
Hwan-Kil Yuh |
Lightweight |
4111 |
43 |
Jun-Suk Hwang |
Welterweight |
4465 |
44 |
Tusikoleta Nkalankete |
Welterweight |
4576 |
45 |
Orlando Romero |
Lightweight |
4648 |
46 |
Mario Miranda |
Featherweight |
4704 |
47 |
Clinton Jackson |
Welterweight |
4823 |
48 |
Viktor Demyanenko |
Lightweight |
4824 |
49 |
Juvenal Ordenes |
Flyweight |
5142 |
50 |
Prince Mama Mohammed |
Cruiserweight |
5351 |
51 |
Koki Ishii |
Bantamweight |
6335 |
52 |
Gregory Clark |
Middleweight |
6345 |
53 |
Candelario Carmona |
Bantamweight |
6376 |
54 |
Alfredo Raininger |
Lightweight |
6465 |
55 |
Reinaldo Becerra |
Flyweight |
6483 |
56 |
Anthony Davis |
Cruiserweight |
6633 |
57 |
Seung-Soon Lee |
Lightweight |
6725 |
58 |
John Jarvis |
Middleweight |
6747 |
59 |
Hiroaki Yokota |
Featherweight |
6754 |
60 |
Jose Luis Vicho |
Featherweight |
6757 |
61 |
Dujuan Johnson |
Welterweight |
6902 |
62 |
Jorge Alvarado |
Lightweight |
6938 |
63 |
Ernesto Guevara |
Flyweight |
7081 |
64 |
Amancio Castro |
Welterweight |
7245 |
65 |
Pedro Romero |
Bantamweight |
7405 |
66 |
Jesus Lopez |
Bantamweight |
7446 |
67 |
John Montes |
Welterweight |
7688 |
68 |
Joe Miya |
Flyweight |
8205 |
69 |
Roque Montoya |
Lightweight |
8345 |
70 |
Chris Whiteboy |
Lightweight |
8371 |
71 |
Tony Cerda |
Light Heavyweight |
8372 |
72 |
Bernard Mays |
Middleweight |
8408 |
73 |
Yoshimitsu Asato |
Lightweight |
8631 |
74 |
Chung-Jae Hwang |
Welterweight |
8780 |
75 |
John Verderosa |
Lightweight |
8830 |
76 |
Yoshiaki Nojima |
Flyweight |
8856 |
77 |
Thamsanqa Sogcwe |
Flyweight |
8896 |
78 |
Tsutomu Itokazu |
Bantamweight |
8982 |
79 |
Mario Maldonado |
Middleweight |
9002 |
80 |
Kelvin Smart |
Bantamweight |
9056 |
81 |
Ivor Jones |
Bantamweight |
9069 |
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