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title: "Ring Heavyweight Rankings - August 1959"
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# Ring Heavyweight Rankings - August 1959

Ring Heavyweight rankings. Month: August 1959.

| Rank | RING (August 1959) |
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| Champion | [Ingemar Johansson (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ingemar-johansson) - Champion |
| 1 | [Floyd Patterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/floyd-patterson) |
| 2 | [Zora Folley (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zora-folley) |
| 3 | [Sonny Liston (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sonny-liston) |
| 4 | [Eddie MacHen (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eddie-machen) |
| 5 | [Henry Cooper (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/henry-cooper) |
| 6 | [Roy Harris (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roy-harris) |
| 7 | [Joe Erskine (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-erskine) |
| 8 | [Alex Miteff (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alex-miteff) |
| 9 | [Charley Powell (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/charley-powell) |
| 10 | [Alonzo Johnson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alonzo-johnson) |

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