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Division Profile

Total: 130 RL: 83 TC: 47

RL by Career Stage:
End - 4
Post - 21
Prime - 21
Pre - 26
Beginning - 11 (7 New)

Rated: 56
800+: 10
500+: 31
200+ : 51

Jan 1947 Rankings (Perf Points and Changes from Jan. 1946 in Parens):

WBA Champ: Willie Pep 31-2 (21) (1417) (NC)
1. Baby Arizmendi 58-13-4 (14) (1259) (NC)
2. Diego Sosa 27-5-2 (16) (1224) (+1) (LABF)
3. Harold Hoshino 37-6-3 (20) (1210) (-1)
4. Carlos Chavez 27-6-1 (10) (876) (+6) (NABF)
5. Tsuneo Horiguchi 40-14-3 (20) (847) (+3) (OPBF)
6. Al Phillips 27-6-1 (12) (839) (+9) (GBU, CBU)
7. National Kid 27-10-3 (11) (829) (-3)
8 Jackie Wilson 42-23-6 (11) (813) (+4)
9. Phil Terranova 23-6 (9) (803) (+10)
10. Ronnie Clayton 24-2 (14) (793) (+4)

Other Notables: 11. Ciro Morasen 16-1-3 (3) (793)
12. Dave Crowley 41-30-1 (17) (792) (EBU)
13. Sal Bartolo 31-10-4 (9) (785) (USBA)
22. Sandy Saddler 15-0 (12) (659)
29. Eddie Compo 14-0-1 (3) (534)

Top Prospects: Alvaro Cerasini 14-0 (9)
Luis De Santiago 8-0 (6)
Bernie Grant 6-1-1 (2)
Glen Flanagan 5-0
Keith Francis 4-0 (2)
Harry LaSane 4-0 (1)

Retirements:

Ginger Foran (UK) 1931-1946 32-26-5 (12) EBU Champ Highest Rank: 19
Bobby Ivy (USA) 1938-1946 17-15-2 (9) No Titles Highest Rank: 41
Joey Archibald (USA) 1932-1946 29-23-6 (9) No Titles Highest Rank: 21
Al Spina (USA) 1933-1946 27-19-5 (11) Highest Rank: 23
Albert Mancini (USA) 1937-1946 23-12-5 (9) No Titles Highest Rank: 28
Johnny Marcelline (USA) 1935-1946 31-16-2 (9) No Titles Highest Rank: 35
Richie Lemos (USA) 1937-1946 19-16-3 (9) No Titles Highest Rank: 32
Joe Marinelli (USA) 1938-1946 22-14-5 (6) No Titles Highest Rank: 38

Outlook for 1947: Willie “Will O the Wisp” Pep completes another year as WBA Champ and, notably, his only two career losses were both DQs due to excessive fouling. It’s an aging cast of contenders (Arizmendi, Hoshino, Kid, Wilson and Crowley are all at Post-Prime), and it seems as if fans will have to await the graduation to Prime of current top prospect Sandy Saddler, who entered the rankings for the first time with a perfect 15-0 record thus far. Eddie Compo, still unbeaten but with a single draw as the only blemish inhis record thus far, also enters the ranking list but without the weight of great expectations as is the case with Saddler. Italian Alvaro Cerasini, unbeaten after his first 14, heads the list of current prospects, none of whom are exceptionally talented. Finally, seven newcomers are set to join the FW ranks in 1947, and Percy Bassett (an “8”) is the best of this group.