Welterweight rankings, September 1979

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of September 1979: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Wilfred Benítez, 3. Thomas Hearns.

Boxerbook rating

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

2136 ± 183–

2120 ± 120–

1952 ± 154–

1922 ± 109–

1757 ± 96▲2

1806 ± 121▼1

1755 ± 103▼1

1661 ± 141–

1525 ± 107–

1469 ± 163–

1453 ± 153–

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