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title: "Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - August 1962"
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# Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - August 1962

Combined Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: August 1962. These are official monthly lists, not BoxRec fight records. See [Box-Rank vs BoxRec](https://box-rank.com/blog/box-rank-vs-boxrec-which-boxing-site-should-you-use).

| Rank | RING (August 1962) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Floyd Patterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/floyd-patterson) - Champion |
| 1 | [Sonny Liston (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sonny-liston) |
| 2 | [Eddie MacHen (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eddie-machen) |
| 3 | [Zora Folley (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zora-folley) |
| 4 | [Ingemar Johansson (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ingemar-johansson) |
| 5 | [Archie Moore (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/archie-moore) |
| 6 | [Cleveland Williams (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/cleveland-williams) |
| 7 | [Muhammad Ali (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/muhammad-ali) |
| 8 | [Henry Cooper (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/henry-cooper) |
| 9 | [Robert Cleroux (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-cleroux) |
| 10 | [Mike Dejohn (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-dejohn) |

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