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| Quarterly World Rankings | W | L | D | KO | Def | |
| WC | Francesco Damiani | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 1 | Sam Langford | 30 | 1 | 0 | 26 | | |
| 2 | Michael Spinks | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | | |
| 3 | Oscar Bonavena | 24 | 2 | 0 | 21 | | |
| 4 | Jack Gardner | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | | |
| 5 | Sam McVey | 24 | 2 | 0 | 23 | | |
| 6 | Gerry Cooney | 25 | 2 | 0 | 22 | | |
| 7 | John Tate | 25 | 2 | 0 | 23 | | |
| 8 | Zeljko Mavrovic | 31 | 1 | 2 | 25 | | |
| 9 | Bill Squires | 27 | 3 | 1 | 22 | | |
| 10 | Denver Ed Martin | 20 | 0 | 0 | 14 | | |
| 11 | Embrell Davidson | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24 | | |
| 12 | Larry Donald | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 | | |
| 13 | Earl Walls | 25 | 0 | 0 | 19 | | |
| 14 | Chris Byrd | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | | |
| 15 | Bearcat Wright | 18 | 2 | 1 | 13 | | |
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| Regional Champions | | | | | Def | |
| NABF | Michael Spinks | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| EBU | Len Harvey | 18 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| PBC | Bill Squires | 27 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |
| USBA | Chris Byrd | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| UKBC | Jack Gardner | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
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After Chris Byrd's razor thin victory over Elmer Ray, we now have no reigning champions with a successful defense. Big news for the coming months include Michael Spinks announced defense of his NABF title against Larry Donald in May, as well as a potential eliminator for a WBA world title shot between Sam McVey and Oscar Bonavena.
Across the pond Jem Mace, whose only loss in the last 5 years has been to Gerry Cooney has challenged Jack Gardner for his UK belt, stating the Champion has made his name against no names and mollycoddles. Gardner's camp has yet to respond.