Light heavyweight rankings, December 1988

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of December 1988: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Virgil Hill, 3. Donny Lalonde.

Boxerbook rating

13 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of November 1988. How it works

2407 ± 132–

2176 ± 164–

1936 ± 125–

1924 ± 183new

1891 ± 124▼1

1882 ± 180▲1

1862 ± 109▼1

1809 ± 111–

1747 ± 119–

1624 ± 128–

1599 ± 151–

1527 ± 155–

1515 ± 138–

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for December 1988.