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title: "RING Heavyweight Rankings - December 2001"
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# RING Heavyweight Rankings - December 2001

RING Heavyweight rankings. Month: December 2001. This is the official monthly list, 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 (December 2001) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [Lennox Lewis (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lennox-lewis) - Champion |
| 1 | [Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/wladimir-klitschko) |
| 2 | [Mike Tyson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-tyson) |
| 3 | [Chris Byrd (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chris-byrd) |
| 4 | [Hasim Rahman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hasim-rahman) |
| 5 | [John Ruiz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/john-ruiz) |
| 6 | [Kirk Johnson (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kirk-johnson) |
| 7 | [Evander Holyfield (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/evander-holyfield) |
| 8 | [Jameel McCline (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jameel-mccline) |
| 9 | [Fres Oquendo (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fres-oquendo) |
| 10 | [David Tua (New Zealand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-tua) |

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