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title: "Ring Heavyweight Rankings - May 1963"
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# Ring Heavyweight Rankings - May 1963

Ring Heavyweight rankings. Month: May 1963.

| Rank | RING (May 1963) |
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| Champion | [Sonny Liston (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sonny-liston) - Champion |
| 1 | [Floyd Patterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/floyd-patterson) |
| 2 | [Muhammad Ali (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/muhammad-ali) |
| 3 | [Doug Jones (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/doug-jones) |
| 4 | [Ingemar Johansson (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ingemar-johansson) |
| 5 | [Zora Folley (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zora-folley) |
| 6 | [Cleveland Williams (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/cleveland-williams) |
| 7 | [Robert Cleroux (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-cleroux) |
| 8 | [Billy Daniels (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/billy-daniels) |
| 9 | [Henry Cooper (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/henry-cooper) |
| 10 | [Ernest Terrell (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ernest-terrell) |

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