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Middleweight boxing rankings- January 1956

Middleweight boxing rankings archive for January 1956 across organizations. Combined rankings list, not fight records. Single-organization lists: RING, or view the latest Middleweight rankings.

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Note: The WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO did not exist in January 1956.
RankRINGJanuary 1956
Champion
United States flagRay RobinsonNEW
World Champion
Ray Robinson: won the title by defeating Carl Olson. Event date: 9 December 1955. First shown in the January 1956 rankings.Official source
1United States flagCarl Olson-1
2France flagCharley Humez
3Argentina flagEduardo Lausse+1
4United States flagMilo Savage+4
5United States flagRocky Castellani-2
6United States flagHolly Mims-1
7United States flagGene FullmerNEW
8United States flagBobby Boyd+1
9United States flagRalph Jones-3
10United States flagArtie Towne

Sources

January 1956 archive

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Month-over-month changes since January 1956

Month-over-month changes since November 1955

RINGJanuary 1956 vs November 1955

There is a new Champion: United States flagRay Robinson(previously United States flagCarl Olson)

Became champion:

Won the title by defeating Carl Olson.

First shown in January 1956 rankingsView source

Entered the top 10

Dropped out of the top 10

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

WBA Middleweight Title History

WBC Middleweight Title History

IBF Middleweight Title History

WBO Middleweight Title History

RING Middleweight Title History

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