Light heavyweight rankings, January 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of January 1981: 1. Matthew Saad Muhammad, 2. Marvin Johnson, 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 1980. How it works

2058 ± 106–

1851 ± 121–

1814 ± 117–

1814 ± 96–

1751 ± 110–

1560 ± 114–

1512 ± 89–

1505 ± 139–

1502 ± 171–

1330 ± 133–

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