OLD SOUTH AMERICAN BOXING RATINGS - 1957

[Martin Sosa Cameron]

For all the boxing friends who had interest, this is an old South American boxing rating, maked too by Simón Bronenberg and José Cardona, until December 31, 1957

FLYWEIGHTS
World Champion
PASCUAL PÉREZ, Argentina
Champion
VACANT
1-RAMÓN ARIAS, Venezuela
2-RAMÓN CALATAYUD, Venezuela
3-CARLOS MIRANDA, Argentina
4-GERMÁN PARDO, Chile
5-HORACIO ACCAVALLO, Argentina
6-EUGENIO MONTÓRFANO, Paraguay
7-RICARDO VALDEZ, Argentina
8-CONRADO MOREYRA, Argentina
9-TEODORO SANDOVAL, Paraguay
10-NICOLÁS ASCANIO, Venezuela

BANTAMWEIGHTS
Champion
ROBERTO CASTRO, Argentina
1-ERNESTO MIRANDA, Argentina
2-EDER JOFRE, Brazil
3-RUBÉN CÁCERES, Uruguay
4-RUDY EDWARDS, Guyana
5-ALBERTO BARENGHI, Argentina
6-SALUSTIANO SUÁREZ, Argentina
7-LUIS FARÍAS, Chile
8-ANICETO PEREYRA, Uruguay
9-GERMÁN MOLINA, Argentina
10-HÉCTOR CUELLO, Argentina

FEATHERWEIGHTS
Champion
RICARDO GONZÁLEZ, Argentina
1-VÍCTOR SONNY LEÓN, Venezuela
2-RAÚL VARGAS, Argentina
3-MANUEL ÁLVAREZ, Argentina
4-EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ, Venezuela
5-ALFREDO BUNETTA, Argentina
6-PEDRO MIRANDA, Argentina
7-ROBERTO LOBOS, Chile
8-ARTURO ROJAS, Chile
9-GUILLERMO MEDINA, Venezuela
10-BABY MANOLETE, Colombia

LIGHTWEIGHTS
Champion
VACANT
1-VICENTE RIVAS, Venezuela
2-JAIME GINÉ, Argentina
3-LUIS BARRETO, Venezuela
4-SERGIO SALVIA, Chile
5-PEDRO GALASSO, Brazil
6-PEDRO BENELLI, Argentina
7-EULOGIO CABALLERO, Uruguay
8-CÉSAR ORTA, Venezuela
9-NÉSTOR SAVINO, Argentina
10-MIGUEL PÉNDOLA, Argentina

WELTERWEIGHTS
Champion
MARTINIANO PEREYRA, Argentina
1-CIRILO GIL, Argentina
2-ISMAEL ESPAÑA, Venezuela
3-ADALBERTO OCHOA, Argentina
4-OMAR PEREYRA, Uruguay
5-JORGE FERNÁNDEZ, Argentina
6-FEDERICO THOMPSON, Argentina
7-PAULO DE JESÚS, Brazil
8-IVELAW STEPHENSON, Guyana
9-PERICO GARCÍA, Peru
10-HOMERO GUTIÉRREZ, Peru

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Champion
ANDRÉS SELPA, Argentina
1-EDUARDO LAUSSE, Argentina
2-MILTON ROSA, Brazil
3-BATTLING SIKI, Suriname
4-HUMBERTO LOAYZA, Chile
5-SUGAR BOY NANDO, Suriname
6-HÉCTOR RODRÍGUEZ, Uruguay
7-SAM LANGFORD, Suriname
8-TITO YANNI, Argentina
9-UBALDO SACCO, Argentina
10-RAÚL TOVAR, Venezuela

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
Champion
DOGOMAR MARTÍNEZ, Uruguay
1-LUÍZ IGNACIO, Brazil
2-MAURO MINA, Peru
3-ANTONIO DÍAZ, Argentina
4-JOVITO ARREGUI, Argentina
5-DAVID BONDULICH, Argentina
6-ANDRÉS VILLALBA, Argentina
7-NICOLÁS BOLDS, Uruguay
8-NÉLSON POCCIONE, Argentina
9-CARLOS PAIVA, Argentina
10-AURELIO DÍAZ, Argentina

HEAVYWEIGHTS
Champion
VACANT
1-ALEX MITEFF, Argentina
2-RINALDO ANSALONI, Argentina
3-EDGARDO ROMERO, Argentina
4-RICARDO GONZÁLEZ, Argentina
5-LUIS AMADEO SOSA, Uruguay
6-JUAN BURGUES, Uruguay
7-JOSÉ GIORGETTI, Argentina
8-ROBERTO AGÜERO, Argentina
9-EDUARDO RODRÍGUEZ, Chile
10-ALBERTO MARCIONE, Argentina

As amateur, Alberto Barenghi scored wins over Pascual Pérez and Raúl (Ratón) Macías; is noteworthy the name of two Middleweights: Battling Siki and Sam Langford (!)