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WORLD

By NAT LOUBET
HEAVYWEIGHTS MIDDLEWEIGHTS
(over 175 pounds) (not over 160 pounds)
WORLD CHAMPION WORLD CHAMPION
GEORGE FOREMAN, Hayward, Calif. CARLOS MONZON, Argentina
1-JOE FRAZIER, Philadelphia, Pa. 1-TONY MUNDINE, Australia
2-KEN NORTON, San Diego, Cal if. 2-JEAN-CLAUDE BOUTTIER, France
3-MUHAMMAD ALI (CASSIUS CLAY), Cherry Hill, N.J. 3-EMILE GRIFFITH, New York, N.Y.
4- JERRY QUARRY, New York, N.Y. 4-MIGUEL de OLIVIERA, Brazi l
5-JIMMY ELLIS, Louisville, Ky. 5-KOICHI WAJIMA, Japan
6-ERNIE TERRELL, Chicago, 11 1. 6-BENNIE BRISCOE, Phil adelphia, Pa.
7-RON LYLE, Denver, Colo. 7-BUNNY STERLING, Engl and
8-FLOYD PATTERSON, New Paltz, N.Y. 8-JUAN CARLOS DURAN, Italy
9- JOSE ROMAN, Puerto Rico 9-RODRIGO VALDEZ, Colom bia
10-JOE BUGNER, England 10-NESSIM COHEN, France
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS WELTERWEIGHTS
(not over 175 pounds) (not over 147 pounds)
WORLD CHAMPION WORLD CHAMPION
BOB FOSTER, Wash ington , D.C. JOSE NAPOLES, Mexico
1-PIERRE FOUR IE, South Africa 1-HEDGEMON LEWIS, Detroit, Mich.
2-LEN HUTCHINS, Detroit, Mich. 2-ROGER MENETREY, France
3-ANDY KENDALL, Portland, Ore. 3-CLYDE GRAY, Canada
4-VICTOR GALINDEZ, Argentina 4-JACK TILLMAN, Mobile, Al a.
5-JOHN CONTEH, England 5- ERNIE LOPEZ, Las Vegas, Nev.
6-RUDIGER SCHMIDTKE, Germany 6- ROBERT GALLOIS, France
7-CHRIS FINNEGAN, England 7-BILL Y BACKUS, Syracuse, N.Y.
8-MIKE QUARRY, Los Angeles , Calif. 8-EDDIE PERKINS, Chi cago, 111.
9-JIMMY DUPREE, Jersey City, N.J. 9-RONNIE HARRIS, Detroit, Mich.
10-EDDIE OWENS, Springfield, Mass. 10-ROLAND PRYOR , Washington , D.C.
KEN JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHTS
(not over 140 pounds)
WORLD CHAMPION
NORTON 1-BRUNO ARCARI, Italy
ANTONIO CE RVANTES, Col ombia
2-VICTOR ORTI Z, Puerto Rico
FIGHTER 4-ALFONSO FRAZIER, Panama
3-CARLOS GIMENEZ, Argentina
5-ROMANO FANALI, Italy
OF THE 7-ROGER ZAMI, France
6-TURK KAMACI, Turkey
8-HECTOR THOMPSON, Australia
MONTH 10-NICOLINO LOCHE, Argentina
9-JOHNNY GANT, Washington, D.C.

IGHTER of the Month? Just a breeze! Ken Norton, the behind Joe Frazier, with Cassius No. 3 and Jerry Quarry No. 4.
Jaw Breaker. Ken Norton, the 5 to 1 shot- with a few Except for the Norton and Shibata achievements, the
F takers, who whipped Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) in a month failed to produce anything noteworthy.
12-round fight at San Diego, which never before had had so Behind the Shibata achievement we find the winning of the
important a contest. light heavyweight championship of Europe by John Conteh, of
Ken Norton, whose record showed only one defeat, an Britain. He leaped into the headlines, replacing Chris Finnegan,
eight-round KO by Venezuela's Jose Luis Garcia. by stopping Rudi Schmidtke, of Germany.
Schmidtke had created quite a furor by wresting the title
Before Norton defeated Clay, the Ring Rating Committee from Finnegan, who has not been right since he took the
decided that the Fighter of the Month laurels belonged to beating from Bob Foster.
Japan's Kuniaki Shibata, who had taken the junior lightweight Examination of the heavyweight ratings reveals no change
title from Ben Villaflor, of the Philippines. from the listing for May.
However, when the Jaw Buster came along and outboxed There stands George Foreman at the head of the class,
Clay, Shibata's claim to the Fighter of the Month was wiped surprising conqueror of Joe Frazier, who insists that he should
out. get the first crack at the new kingpin.
In beating Clay, Norton achieved the remarkable feat of However, Foreman has no fight in sight and he is reported
leaping from the lower echelon of the Top Ten to No. 2, to be in no hurry to sign for one. He feels he is entitled to a

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