Middleweight rankings, January 1979

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of January 1979: 1. Ayub Kalule, 2. Hugo Corro, 3. Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

Boxerbook rating

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

2153 ± 148–

1967 ± 104–

1950 ± 131–

1848 ± 117–

1835 ± 194–

1828 ± 121–

1816 ± 123–

1798 ± 97–

1651 ± 98–

1280 ± 91–

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for January 1979.