Rankings / Welterweight / January 1979

Welterweight 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. Wilfred Benítez, 2. Carlos Palomino, 3. Dave Boy Green.

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Boxerbook rating

11 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

1
2106 ± 120new
2
1935 ± 108▼1
3
1940 ± 136▼1
4
1750 ± 100▼1
5
1715 ± 155▼1
6
1655 ± 99▼1
7
1529 ± 99▼1
8
1510 ± 106▼1
9
1453 ± 150▼1
10
1441 ± 187▼1
11
1299 ± 161new

Publisher lists, January 1979

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