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title: "Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - January 1961"
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# Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - January 1961

Combined Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and Ring. Month: January 1961.

| Rank | RING (January 1961) |
| --- | --- |
| 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 | [Ingemar Johansson (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ingemar-johansson) |
| 3 | [Eddie MacHen (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eddie-machen) |
| 4 | [Zora Folley (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zora-folley) |
| 5 | [Henry Cooper (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/henry-cooper) |
| 6 | [Mike Dejohn (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-dejohn) |
| 7 | [Robert Cleroux (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-cleroux) |
| 8 | [Alex Miteff (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alex-miteff) |
| 9 | [Dick Richardson (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dick-richardson) |
| 10 | [Billy Hunter (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/billy-hunter) |

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