Rankings / Heavyweight / May 1972

Heavyweight rankings, May 1972

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of May 1972: 1. Joe Frazier, 2. Muhammad Ali, 3. George Foreman.

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Boxerbook rating

18 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 April 1972. How it works

2395 ± 133–

2360 ± 124–

2176 ± 172–

1928 ± 164–

1925 ± 113–

1910 ± 107–

1848 ± 105–

1830 ± 118–

1820 ± 171–

1816 ± 148new

1807 ± 126▼1

1756 ± 99new

1744 ± 116▼2

1711 ± 95▼2

1698 ± 171▼2

Publisher lists, May 1972

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for May 1972.