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Rocco Del Sesto · 03-03-2019, 02:06 PM

A brief follow up mention on Phil Muscato as I was looking at his brother Joe.

Ring Magazine's Feb 1946 annual rankings had Phil ranked #2 Light Heavyweight behind champion Gus Lesnevich and #1 contender Archie Moore. Two years later in the Feb 1948 rankings Ring had him as #10 rated Heavyweight. So that kind of shows I believe some of my thinking of his career breakdown between LHW and HW.

Meanwhile I looked through the NBA quarterly rankings shown on Boxrec and the only listing seen for Phil Muscato is the April 9, 1946 listing and they had him under the Honorable Mentions for heavyweight. He had been then, Oct 1945 by my estimation had moved up to heavyweight, so reason I guess NBA ranked him in the heavies.

03-03-2019, 02:06 PM	#1857
Rocco Del Sesto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Watkinsville, Georgia Posts: 2,025	A New Era for Heavyweight Boxing A brief follow up mention on Phil Muscato as I was looking at his brother Joe. Ring Magazine's Feb 1946 annual rankings had Phil ranked #2 Light Heavyweight behind champion Gus Lesnevich and #1 contender Archie Moore. Two years later in the Feb 1948 rankings Ring had him as #10 rated Heavyweight. So that kind of shows I believe some of my thinking of his career breakdown between LHW and HW. Meanwhile I looked through the NBA quarterly rankings shown on Boxrec and the only listing seen for Phil Muscato is the April 9, 1946 listing and they had him under the Honorable Mentions for heavyweight. He had been then, Oct 1945 by my estimation had moved up to heavyweight, so reason I guess NBA ranked him in the heavies.