Middleweight rankings, August 1978

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of August 1978: 1. Ayub Kalule, 2. Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 3. Hugo Corro.

Boxerbook rating

9 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of July 1978. How it works

2125 ± 156–

1947 ± 129–

1930 ± 109▲1

1830 ± 125▲4

1826 ± 100–

1825 ± 120–

1819 ± 120–

1651 ± 95▲1

1257 ± 91▲1

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for August 1978.