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MW
Division Profile

Total: 190 RL: 129 TC: 61

RL by Career Stage:
End - 10
Post - 25
Prime - 53
Pre - 28
Beginning - 13 (7 New)

Rated: 96
800+: 25
500+: 54
200+ : 87

Jan 1951 Rankings (Perf Points and Changes from Jan. 1950 in Parens):

WBA Champ: Dave Sands 51-4 (24) (1765) (+2)
1. Ray Robinson 41-5-1 (29) (1616) (-1)
2. Holman Williams 59-17-1 (24) (1585) (+2)
3. Jake LaMotta 36-6-1 (21) (1546) (+2)
4. Artie Towne 26-5-2 (9) (1405) (+7) (USBA)
5. Charley Burley 53-8 (35) (1372) (-4)
6. Artie Levine 30-13-2 (19) (1296) (+4)
7. Jose Basora 38-11-1 (25) (1214) (-1) (LABF)
8 Steve Belloise 34-13-2 (15) (1193) (-1)
9. Rocky Graziano 26-12-1 (21) (1121) (+6)
10. Bert Lytell 24-4-9 (5) (1098) (+12)

Other Notables: 11. Tony Zale 49-13-4 (27) (1097)
12. Bobby Jones 23-4-2 (2) (1084) (+6) (NABF)
14. Marcel Cerdan 53-11-5 (36) (1080)
15. Laurent Dauthuille 24-8-1 (9) (1074) (+43) (EBU)
20. Carl Olson 21-6-2 (13) (916)
22. Lester Felton 18-0-2 (5) (871)
25. Randy Turpin 22-3 (17) (779)
36. Tommy Davies 30-14-5 (9) (678) (-3) (CBU, GBU)

Top Prospects: Rafael Merentino 12-0-1 (8)
Charles Humez 12-0-1 (7)
Paul Pender 11-0 (4)
Norman Hayes 11-0 (1)
George Benton 9-0-1 (4)
Joey Giardello 9-1 (2)
Joey Giambra 8-1 (0)
Gene Fullmer 1-0 (0)

Retirements:

Gene Buffalo (USA) 1934-1950 39-28-1 (6) No Titles Highest Rank: 38
Jean Despeaux (FRA) 1938-1950 21-19-5 (15) No Titles Highest Rank: 47
Sheik Rangel (USA) 1935-1950 30-22-6 (8) No Titles Highest Rank: 33

Outlook: Sands is back for his second stint as WBA Champion, but it could be short lived, as “Sugar” Ray Robinson, who lost the title via a controversial DQ result, is the class MW and still in Prime condition. Of the remaining top 10 contenders, Williams and Levine are near the end of their respective careers, while Burley, Belloise and Lytell are all at Post-Prime. Jose Basora, reigning LABF titleholder, remains a serious threat, and there is new EBU Champ Dauthuille, who scored an upset KO over long time EBU and former WBA Champ Marcel Cerdan, Brit Randy Turpin is mired in the mid-20s but is talented enough to make a run at Tommy Davies, who holds the CBU and GBU titles while the OPBF title, until recently held by Sands, is now vacant. Some strong prospects still a few years away from Prime include Paul Pender, George Benton, and the two Joeys (Giardello and Giambra). Gene Fullmer just got his career under way, and Charley Joseph, Randy Sandy and Brit Lew Lazar are the best of the newcomers slated to join the MW ranks in 1951.