Rankings / Heavyweight / September 1981

Heavyweight rankings, September 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of September 1981: 1. Larry Holmes, 2. Muhammad Ali, 3. Leon Spinks.

Boxerbook rating

14 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of August 1981. How it works

2361 ± 108–

2353 ± 117–

2074 ± 137–

2062 ± 134–

1952 ± 168–

1893 ± 149–

1873 ± 186–

1851 ± 115–

1845 ± 130–

1822 ± 149–

1815 ± 146–

1781 ± 119▲1

1733 ± 124▲1

1488 ± 124▲2

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for September 1981.