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The Ring Ratings
For Period Ended September 22, 1997
WELTERWEIGHTS
Weight limit: 147 pounds
1. RAY ROBINSON
Harlem, NY 63-0 (WBC/WBA Champ)
2. FELIX TRINIDAD
Puerto Rico 32-0 (IBF Champ)
3. IKE QUARTEY
Ghana 33-1
4. PERNELL WHITAKER
Norfolk, VA 39-3-1
5. JOSE LUIS LOPEZ
Mexico 39-3-1
6. OBA CARR
Detroit, MI 40-2
7. PATRICK CHARPENTIER
France 23-5-1
8. WILFREDO RIVERA
Puerto Rico 25-2-1
9. VERNON FORREST
Atlanta, GA 22-0
10. ANDREI PESTRIAEV
Russia 20-2
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"I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson
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