Light heavyweight rankings, December 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of December 1981: 1. Michael Spinks, 2. Dwight Muhammad Qawi, 3. Matthew Saad Muhammad.

Boxerbook rating

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

2154 ± 173–

1876 ± 135new

1987 ± 105▼1

1834 ± 191▼1

1779 ± 172▼1

1831 ± 122▼1

1589 ± 111▼1

1507 ± 130▼1

1499 ± 159–

1470 ± 196▼2

1386 ± 87▼1

1290 ± 121▼1

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