Rankings / Heavyweight / September 1978

Heavyweight rankings, September 1978

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of September 1978: 1. Muhammad Ali, 2. Leon Spinks, 3. Larry Holmes.

Boxerbook rating

13 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of August 1978. How it works

2433 ± 107–

2203 ± 171new

2128 ± 139▼1

2071 ± 108▼1

2011 ± 152▼1

1936 ± 142▼1

1892 ± 110▼1

1913 ± 108▼1

1806 ± 114▼1

1727 ± 171new

1529 ± 185new

1407 ± 124▼3

1275 ± 91▼3

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for September 1978.