Middleweight rankings, May 1979

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

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

Boxerbook rating

11 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of April 1979. How it works

2157 ± 148–

1982 ± 125–

1967 ± 107–

1854 ± 118–

1851 ± 190–

1828 ± 123–

1798 ± 99–

1794 ± 118–

1621 ± 99–

1509 ± 184–

1269 ± 91–

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