Rankings / Heavyweight / August 1972

Heavyweight rankings, August 1972

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of August 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 July 1972. How it works

2395 ± 134–

2370 ± 122–

2176 ± 173–

1928 ± 165–

1928 ± 114–

1904 ± 107–

1848 ± 106–

1846 ± 120▲2

1836 ± 118▼1

1816 ± 149▼1

1759 ± 100–

1697 ± 112–

1692 ± 95–

1688 ± 98–

1618 ± 169–

Publisher lists, August 1972

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