Rankings / Heavyweight / May 1996

Heavyweight rankings, May 1996

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of May 1996: 1. Riddick Bowe, 2. Mike Tyson, 3. Lennox Lewis.

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Boxerbook rating

39 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 1996. How it works

1
2522 ± 122–
2
2386 ± 117–
3
2273 ± 123–
4
2205 ± 196▲1
5
2187 ± 125▲1
6
2170 ± 121new
7
2095 ± 129–
8
2094 ± 112–
9
2066 ± 175–
10
2051 ± 117–
11
2042 ± 177–
12
2037 ± 138new
13
2028 ± 117▼1
14
2023 ± 117▼1
15
2021 ± 184▼1

Publisher lists, May 1996

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for May 1996.