Welterweight rankings, November 1979

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

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

Boxerbook rating

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

2238 ± 155–

2070 ± 113–

1922 ± 110–

1760 ± 96–

1806 ± 122–

1755 ± 104–

1661 ± 142–

1532 ± 123–

1469 ± 163▲1

1453 ± 154▲1

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