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title: "Ring Light Heavyweight Rankings - January 1956"
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# Ring Light Heavyweight Rankings - January 1956

Ring Light Heavyweight rankings. Month: January 1956.

| Rank | RING (January 1956) |
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| Champion | [Archie Moore (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/archie-moore) - Champion |
| 1 | [Floyd Patterson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/floyd-patterson) |
| 2 | [Yolande Pompey (Trinidad & Tobago)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yolande-pompey) |
| 3 | [Gerhard Hecht (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gerhard-hecht) |
| 4 | [Willi Hoepner (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/willi-hoepner) |
| 5 | [Chuck Speiser (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chuck-speiser) |
| 6 | [Joey Maxim (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joey-maxim) |
| 7 | [Harold Johnson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/harold-johnson) |
| 8 | [Albert Finch (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/albert-finch) |
| 9 | [Charles Colin (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/charles-colin) |
| 10 | [Dave Whitlock (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dave-whitlock) |

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