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title: "Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - October 2000"
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# Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - October 2000

Combined Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: October 2000. 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 | WBA (October 2000) | WBO (October 2000) | RING (October 2000) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Evander Holyfield (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/evander-holyfield) - World Champion | [Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/wladimir-klitschko) - Champion |  |
| 1 | Vacant | [David Tua (New Zealand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-tua) | [Lennox Lewis (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lennox-lewis) |
| 2 | [Kirk Johnson (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kirk-johnson) | [Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vitali-klitschko) | [David Tua (New Zealand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-tua) |
| 3 | [David Toribio (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-toribio) | [Kirk Johnson (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kirk-johnson) | [Kirk Johnson (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kirk-johnson) |
| 4 | [John Ruiz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/john-ruiz) | [Larry Donald (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/larry-donald) | [Evander Holyfield (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/evander-holyfield) |
| 5 | [Mike Tyson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-tyson) | [Danny Williams (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/danny-williams) | [Mike Tyson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-tyson) |
| 6 | [Larry Donald (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/larry-donald) | [David Izon (Nigeria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-izon) | [Oleg Maskaev (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleg-maskaev) |
| 7 | [Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vitali-klitschko) | [Chris Byrd (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chris-byrd) | [Michael Grant (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-grant) |
| 8 | [Henry Akinwande (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/henry-akinwande) | [Cliff Etienne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/cliff-etienne) | [Chris Byrd (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chris-byrd) |
| 9 | [David Izon (Nigeria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-izon) | [Lance Whitaker (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lance-whitaker) | [Andrew Golota (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrew-golota) |
| 10 | [Oleg Maskaev (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleg-maskaev) | [Oleg Maskaev (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleg-maskaev) | [Hasim Rahman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hasim-rahman) |
| 11 | [Vaughn Bean (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vaughn-bean) | [Hasim Rahman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hasim-rahman) |  |
| 12 | [Brian Nielsen (Denmark)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/brian-nielsen) | [Aurelio Perez (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/aurelio-perez) |  |
| 13 | [Michael Grant (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-grant) |  |  |
| 14 | [Timo Hoffmann (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/timo-hoffmann) |  |  |
| 15 | [Farug Saleem (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/farug-saleem) |  |  |

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