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title: "Middleweight Boxing Rankings - January 2006"
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# Middleweight Boxing Rankings - January 2006

Combined Middleweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: January 2006. 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 (January 2006) | IBF (January 2006) | WBO (January 2006) | RING (January 2006) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Jermain Taylor (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jermain-taylor) - Super Champion | [Arthur Abraham (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/arthur-abraham) - Champion | [Jermain Taylor (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jermain-taylor) - Champion | [Jermain Taylor (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jermain-taylor) - Champion |
| Champion | [Maselino Masoe (New Zealand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/maselino-masoe) - World Champion |  |  |  |
| 1 | [Ronald Wright (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ronald-wright) | Vacant | [Felix Sturm (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/felix-sturm) | [Ronald Wright (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ronald-wright) |
| 2 | [Felix Sturm (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/felix-sturm) | Vacant | [Ronald Wright (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ronald-wright) | [Bernard Hopkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bernard-hopkins) |
| 3 | [Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/felix-trinidad) | Vacant | [Kelly Pavlik (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kelly-pavlik) | [Arthur Abraham (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/arthur-abraham) |
| 4 | [Mariano Carrera (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mariano-carrera) | [Kingsley Ikeke (Nigeria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kingsley-ikeke) | [Edison Miranda (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/edison-miranda) | [Felix Sturm (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/felix-sturm) |
| 5 | [Kelly Pavlik (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kelly-pavlik) | [Ray Joval (Netherlands)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ray-joval) | [Bernard Hopkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bernard-hopkins) | [Howard Eastman (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/howard-eastman) |
| 6 | [Bernard Hopkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bernard-hopkins) | [Bernard Hopkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bernard-hopkins) | [Khoren Gevor (Armenia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/khoren-gevor) | [Sam Soliman (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sam-soliman) |
| 7 | [William Joppy (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/william-joppy) | [Sam Soliman (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sam-soliman) | [Gary Lockett (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gary-lockett) | [Sebastian Sylvester (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sebastian-sylvester) |
| 8 | [Quentin Smith (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/quentin-smith) | [Howard Eastman (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/howard-eastman) | [Siarhei Khamitski (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/siarhei-khamitski) | [Kingsley Ikeke (Nigeria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kingsley-ikeke) |
| 9 | [Randy Griffin (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/randy-griffin) | [Sebastian Sylvester (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sebastian-sylvester) | [Mariano Carrera (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mariano-carrera) | [Scott Dann (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/scott-dann) |
| 10 | [Keith Holmes (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keith-holmes) | [Edison Miranda (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/edison-miranda) | [Sam Soliman (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sam-soliman) | [Kelly Pavlik (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kelly-pavlik) |
| 11 | [Sebastian Sylvester (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sebastian-sylvester) | [Kelly Pavlik (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kelly-pavlik) | [Mehrdud Takalobighoshi (Iran)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mehrdud-takalobighoshi) |  |
| 12 | [James Obede Toney (Ghana)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/james-obede-toney) | [Khoren Gevor (Armenia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/khoren-gevor) | [Randy Griffin (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/randy-griffin) |  |
| 13 | [Khoren Gevor (Armenia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/khoren-gevor) | [Randy Griffin (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/randy-griffin) | [Hector Javier Velazco (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hector-javier-velazco) |  |
| 14 | [Alexander Abraham (Armenia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alexander-abraham) | [Shannon Taylor (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shannon-taylor) | [Alexander Abraham (Armenia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alexander-abraham) |  |
| 15 | [John Duddy (Ireland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/john-duddy) |  | [Kingsley Ikeke (Nigeria)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kingsley-ikeke) |  |

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