Light heavyweight rankings, August 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of August 1981: 1. Michael Spinks, 2. Matthew Saad Muhammad, 3. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.

Boxerbook rating

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

2151 ± 172–

2066 ± 107–

1779 ± 170–

1831 ± 120–

1575 ± 111–

1518 ± 139–

1470 ± 194new

1445 ± 87new

1270 ± 122▼2

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