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title: "WBA Heavyweight Rankings - December 2002"
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# WBA Heavyweight Rankings - December 2002

WBA Heavyweight rankings. Month: December 2002. 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 | WBA (December 2002) |
| --- | --- |
| Champion | [John Ruiz (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/john-ruiz) - World Champion |
| 1 | [Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vitali-klitschko) |
| 2 | [David Tua (New Zealand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-tua) |
| 3 | [Hasim Rahman (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hasim-rahman) |
| 4 | [Mike Tyson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-tyson) |
| 5 | [Evander Holyfield (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/evander-holyfield) |
| 6 | [Fres Oquendo (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fres-oquendo) |
| 7 | [Kirk Johnson (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kirk-johnson) |
| 8 | [Farug Saleem (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/farug-saleem) |
| 9 | [Lamon Brewster (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/lamon-brewster) |
| 10 | [Joe Mesi (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-mesi) |
| 11 | [Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juan-carlos-gomez) |
| 12 | [Nikolai Valuev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nikolai-valuev) |
| 13 | [Jameel McCline (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jameel-mccline) |
| 14 | [Larry Donald (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/larry-donald) |
| 15 | [Danny Williams (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/danny-williams) |

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