Light heavyweight rankings, January 1989

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of January 1989: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Virgil Hill, 3. Michael Moorer.

Boxerbook rating

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

2407 ± 133–

2176 ± 165–

1949 ± 175▲1

1936 ± 125▼1

1891 ± 125–

1882 ± 181–

1862 ± 109–

1809 ± 112–

1747 ± 119–

1642 ± 196new

1624 ± 129▼1

1527 ± 156–

1515 ± 138–

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for January 1989.