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Heavyweight Boxing Rankings
(May 2004)

Official Heavyweight rankings for May 2004 from the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, presented as a historical snapshot for that month.

Use the weight-class arrows to move up or down divisions, the month controls to jump between updates, and click any fighter's name to see their ranking history across the four organisations.

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Rank	WBAMay 2004	WBC	IBF	WBOMay 2004
🏆	John Ruiz World Champion	Not available for May 2004	Not available for May 2004	Not available for May 2004

1	Hasim Rahman▲+1
2	Joe Mesi▲+3
3	James Toney
4	Lance Whitaker
5	Andrew Golota▲+7
6	Jameel McCline▲+8
7	Owen Beck▲+3
8	Monte Barrett▼-1
9	Juan C GomezNEW
10	Mike TysonNEW
11	Nikolai Valuev
12	Evander Holyfield▲+3
13	Wladimir Klitschko▼-5
14	Farug Saleem▼-1
15	David Toribio▼-9

Heavyweight Boxing Rankings(May 2004)

Heavyweight Boxing Rankings
(May 2004)