Light heavyweight rankings, January 1979

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of January 1979: 1. Marvin Johnson, 2. Mate Parlov, 3. John Conteh.

Boxerbook rating

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

1965 ± 144–

1977 ± 122–

1938 ± 129–

1848 ± 92–

1839 ± 129–

1824 ± 107–

1705 ± 110▲1

1611 ± 91▲1

1531 ± 177▲1

1477 ± 110▲1

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for January 1979.