Light heavyweight rankings, December 1997

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of December 1997: 1. Roy Jones Jr., 2. Dariusz Michalczewski, 3. Virgil Hill.

Boxerbook rating

15 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of November 1997. How it works

2330 ± 117–

2278 ± 124–

2266 ± 114–

2221 ± 131–

2040 ± 124–

1973 ± 178–

1925 ± 134–

1908 ± 163–

1906 ± 128–

1726 ± 183–

1662 ± 141–

1650 ± 155–

1641 ± 150new

1562 ± 134▼1

1235 ± 121▼1

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for December 1997.