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Light Heavyweights: 1949
LH
Division Profile
Total: 128 RL: 83 TC: 45
RL by Career Stage:
End - 8
Post - 21
Prime - 23
Pre - 22
Beginning - 9 (5 New)
Rated: 56
800+: 9
500+: 29
200+ : 48
Jan 1950 Rankings (Perf Points and Changes from Jan. 1949 in Parens):
WBA Champ: Archie Moore 50-4-5 (35) (1957) (NC)
1. Harold Johnson 22-1 (9) (1438) (+3) (NABF)
2. Harry Matthews 35-10-1 (23) (1430) (NC)
3. Tommy Yarosz 30-7-2 (11) (1353) (+2) (USBA)
4. Lloyd Marshall 40-9-5 (22) (1352) (-3)
5. Billy Conn 46-12-4 (17) (1132) (+1)
6. Melio Bettina 43-15-7 (18) (1087) (-3)
7. Freddie Mills 34-19-2 (16) (877) (+2) (EBU, CBU, GBU)
8 Young Joe Louis 33-20-1 (15) (826) (+6)
9. Oakland Billy Smith 27-10-4 (20) (777) (+2)
10. Billy Fox 24-6-2 (17) (762) (+18)
Other Notables: 11. Fitzie Fitzpatrick 25-11-3 (19) (757)
12. Gus Lesnevich 42-24-3 (17) (742)
13. Joe Kahut 26-10-1 (21) (717)
15. Leonard Morrow 18-2 (11) (691)
20. Eddie Cotton 14-1 (10) (604)
29. Charley Williams 16-1-1 (10) (491)
Top Prospects: Dan Bucceroni 12-0 (8)
Yvon Durelle 11-0 (8)
Gustav Scholz 6-0 (1)
Yolande Pompey 5-0 (2)
Danny Nardico 3-0 (3)
Retirements: None
Outlook for 1950: The majority of the top ranked contenders represent an aging bunch (i.e., Yarosz, Conn, Bettina, Mills, Young Joe Louis and Billy Fox). If Archie Moore makes good on his threat to move up to HW, the logical successor is to the WBA crown is Johnson. Mills, like Woodcock in the HW division, has managed to consolidate three regional titles, and, despite being at Post-Prime, there appear to be a paucity of credible challengers either in Britain or on the continent. “Blackjack” Billy Fox leapfrogged into the top 10 with by winning all five of his 1949 encounters, with his two most recent conquests being Dolph Quijano and Leonard Morrow. Bucceroni, Durelle and Scholz appear to be the best of the current crop of prospects, and the top rated newcomers for 1950 are a pair of “6” rated guys (Germinal Ballarin and Wes Bascom).
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