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title: "Middleweight Boxing Rankings - May 1956"
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# Middleweight Boxing Rankings - May 1956

Combined Middleweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: May 1956. 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 (May 1956) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Ray Robinson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ray-robinson-usa) - Champion |
| 1 | [Charley Humez (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/charley-humez) |
| 2 | [Gene Fullmer (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gene-fullmer) |
| 3 | [Carl Olson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/carl-olson) |
| 4 | [Bobby Boyd (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bobby-boyd) |
| 5 | [Milo Savage (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/milo-savage) |
| 6 | [Ralph Jones (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ralph-jones) |
| 7 | [Charley Joseph (New Zealand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/charley-joseph) |
| 8 | [Eduardo Lausse (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eduardo-lausse) |
| 9 | [Rocky Castellani (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rocky-castellani) |
| 10 | [Holly Mims (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/holly-mims) |

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