Welterweight rankings, October 1979

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of October 1979: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Wilfred Benítez, 3. Carlos Palomino.

Boxerbook rating

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

2136 ± 183–

2120 ± 120–

1922 ± 109▲1

1760 ± 96▲1

1806 ± 121▲1

1755 ± 104▲1

1661 ± 142▲1

1532 ± 122new

1525 ± 108–

1469 ± 163–

1453 ± 154–

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