[Lee]

	The lads are rounding into fighting form and we are currently negotiating their debuts. Mr. King or Mr. Arum is always involved and I feel like a mere puppet at this stage, though I hope that will change as I acclimate myself to this "modern" time. Relaxing with my Boxing encyclopedia at the moment and currently reading about 1979, It is quite exhiliarting to know we may someday fight some of the men I am learning of currently. Stuck in the first page of 1979 is list of rankings as they appeared just over a year ago, torn from the pages of a boxing magazine. I have all faith that the names Langford, Jeannette and McVey will one day appear in the rankings I paste below.

			World Rankings - January 1st 1979
#	WBC		#	WBA		#	IBF
C	Larry Holmes	18-1-0 (15)	C	George Foreman	24-0-0 (24)	C	George Foreman	24-0-0 (24)
1	Earnie Shavers	34-3-0 (32)	1	Earnie Shavers	34-3-0 (32)	1	Earnie Shavers	34-3-0 (32)
2	Bernardo Mercado	14-0-0 (12)	2	Ron Lyle	18-1-0 (15)	2	Ron Lyle	18-1-0 (15)
3	Mike Schutte	22-3-0 (15)	3	Jimmy Young	24-4-0 (6)	3	Bernardo Mercado	14-0-0 (12)
4	Ron Lyle	18-1-0 (15)	4	Bernardo Mercado	14-0-0 (12)	4	Jimmy Young	24-4-0 (6)
5	John L Gardner	17-3-0 (12)	5	Leroy Jones	16-1-1 (10)	5	Mike Schutte	22-3-0 (15)
6	Jimmy Young	24-4-0 (6)	6	Mike Schutte	22-3-0 (15)	6	Leroy Jones	16-1-1 (10)
7	Leroy Jones	16-1-1 (10)	7	Duane Bobick	22-3-0 (21)	7	John L Gardner	17-3-0 (12)
8	Lorenzo Zanon	16-1-0 (6)	8	Eddie Neilson	18-2-0 (14)	8	Duane Bobick	22-3-0 (21)
9	Eddie Neilson	18-2-0 (14)	9	John L Gardner	17-3-0 (12)	9	Lorenzo Zanon	16-1-0 (6)
10	Duane Bobick	22-3-0 (21)	10	Katsumi Wakisaka	33-18-2 (25)	10	Eddie Neilson	18-2-0 (14)