World Rankings on April 28, 1928 from:

Champion:  Luther McCarty - USA  50-5-4 [33] 

1-George Godfrey -USA 41-2-1 [31]

2-Harry Persson -Sweden 31-4-2 [12]

3-Don McCorkindale -South Africa 19-1-0 [12]

4-Jack Delaney -Canada 32-3-0 [23]

5-Tommy Loughran -USA 41-1-0 [8]

6-Young Stribling -USA   33-3-0 [16]

7-Leo Lomski - USA 24-3-4 [10]

8-Matt Adgie -USA16-0-1 [12]

9-Paul Berlenback -USA 19-0-0 [14]

Contenders