Light heavyweight rankings, May 1989

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

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

Boxerbook rating

12 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of April 1989. How it works

2407 ± 134–

2214 ± 152–

1963 ± 172–

1938 ± 160▲1

1936 ± 127▼1

1868 ± 120–

1865 ± 111–

1834 ± 110–

1752 ± 120–

1649 ± 118–

1642 ± 197–

1616 ± 124–

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