Rankings / Heavyweight / December 1968

Heavyweight rankings, December 1968

Computed retroactively from today’s data and formula; not the lists as published then.

Boxerbook rating at the end of December 1968: 1. Joe Frazier, 2. Jimmy Ellis, 3. Floyd Patterson.

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Boxerbook rating

17 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month; the top 15 are shown. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of November 1968. How it works

1
2215 ± 159–
2
1923 ± 105–
3
1939 ± 110–
4
1878 ± 101–
5
1870 ± 112–
6
1838 ± 153–
7
1810 ± 111–
8
1771 ± 134–
9
1690 ± 122–
10
1767 ± 105–
11
1675 ± 107new
12
1631 ± 110▼1
13
1662 ± 96▼1
14
1492 ± 191▼1
15
1459 ± 112▼1

Publisher lists, December 1968

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for December 1968.