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title: "Middleweight Boxing Rankings - October 1996"
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# Middleweight Boxing Rankings - October 1996

Combined Middleweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: October 1996. 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 (October 1996) |
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| 1 | [Bernard Hopkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bernard-hopkins) |
| 2 | [Keith Holmes (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keith-holmes) |
| 3 | [William Joppy (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/william-joppy) |
| 4 | [John David Jackson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/john-david-jackson) |
| 5 | [Lonnie Bradley (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lonnie-bradley) |
| 6 | [Shinji Takehara (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shinji-takehara) |
| 7 | [Jorge Castro (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jorge-castro) |
| 8 | [Quincy Taylor (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/quincy-taylor) |
| 9 | [Dana Rosenblatt (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dana-rosenblatt) |
| 10 | [Otis Grant (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/otis-grant) |

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