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NBA WORLD BOXING RATINGS
Anthony Maceroni, President
Anthony Petronella, Chairman Ratings Committee
(September 15, 1960)


HEAVYWEIGHTS
Champion—FLOYD PATTERSON, New York
1. Sonny Liston, Pennsylvania
2. Ingemar Johansson, Sweden
3. Eddie Machen, Oregon
4. Zora Folley, Arizona
5. Henry Cooper, England
6. Billy Hunter, Michigan
7. Alex Miteff, Argentina
8. Mike DeJohn, New York
9. Dick Richardson, Wales
10 Bob Cleroux, Canada

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Champion—ARCHIE MOORE, California
1. Harold Johnson, Pennsylvania
2. Eric Schoeppner, Germany
3. Willie Pastrano, Florida
4. Doug Jones, New York
5. Chic Calderwood, Scotland
6. Bobo Olson, California
7. Mike Holt, South Africa
8. Von Clay, Pennsylvania
9. Clarence Floyd, New York
10 Sonny Ray, Illinois

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Champion—GENE FULLMER, Utah
1. Gustav Scholz, Germany
2. Joey Giardello, Pennsylvania
3. Henry Hank, Michigan
4. Paul Pender, Massachusetts
5. Hank Casey, California
6. Ray Robinson, New York
7. Joey Giambra, California
8. Dick Tiger, Nigeria
9. Terry Downes, England
10 Marcel Pigou, France

WELTERWEIGHTS
Champion—BENNY “KID” PARET, Cuba
1. Luis Rodriguez, Cuba
2. Federico Thompson, Argentina
3. Ralph Dupas, Louisiana
4. Denny Moyer, Oregon
5. Emile Griffith, New York
6. Florentino Fernandez, Cuba
7. Sugar Hart, Pennsylvania
8. Charley Scott, Pennsylvania
9. Don Jordan, California
10 Virgil Akins, Missouri

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS
Champion—DUILIO LOI, Italy
1. Carlos Ortiz, New York
2. Bert Somodio, Philippines
3. Kenny Lane, Michigan
4. Candy McFarland, Pennsylvania
5. Not Mentioned

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Champion—JOE BROWN, Louisiana
1. Dave Charnley, England
2. Len Matthews, Pennsylvania
3. Eddie Perkins, Illinois
4. Paolo Rosi, Italy
5. Kenny Lane, Michigan
6. Carlos Hernandez, Venezuela
7. Cisco Andrade, California
8. Battling Torres, Mexico
9. Gene Gresham, Michigan
10 Doug Vaillant, Cuba

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS
Champion—FLASH ELORDE, Philippines
1. Paul Jorgensen, Texas
2. Solomon Boysaw, Ohio
3. Eddie Garcia, Colorado
4. Ike Chestnut, New York
5. Giordano Campari, Italy

FEATHERWEIGHTS
Champion—DAVEY MOORE, Ohio
1. Percy Lewis, Trinidad
2. Sergio Caprari, Italy
3. Gracieux Lamperti, France
4. Rafiu King, Nigeria
5. Pelon Cervantes, Mexico
6. Ricardo Gonzalez, Argentina
7. Harold Gomes, Rhode Island
8. Sugar Ramos, Cuba
9. Kazuo Takayama, Japan
10 Raimondo Nobile, Italy

BANTAMWEIGHTS
Champion—TITLE VACANT
1. Eder Jofre, Brazil
2. Alphonse Halimi, France
3. Freddie Gilroy, Ireland
4. Piero Rollo, Italy
5. Jose Lopez, Mexico
6. Eloy Sanchez, Mexico
7. Kenji Yonekura, Japan
8. Billy Rafferty, Scotland
9. Ignacio Pina, Mexico
10 Herman Marques, California

FLYWEIGHTS
Champion—PONE KINGPETCH, Thailand
1. Pascual Perez, Argentina
2. Sadao Yaoita, Japan
3. Johnny Caldwell, Ireland
4. Mimun Ben Ali, Spain
5. Mundo Esparza, Mexico
6. Hiram Bacallao, Cuba
7. Risto Luukkonen, Finland
8. Mitsunori Seki, Japan
9. Dommy Ursua, Philippines
10 Mario De Leon, Mexico

Barry,
Thanks you very much for your kind words!

Absolute bliss.

So few divisions, so few champions, such quality of fighters.

This is why the public cared about the sport back then & don't anymore.

Not only that, the ratings look pretty legitimate; at least at first glance. It's like not how the governing bodies rig it now. The NBA (WBA) was as corrupt back then.

Don't give up hope, things come around. We could see this sort of quality again someday.

Very nice memories for me. Thanks Martin.