Welterweight rankings, December 1979

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of December 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 November 1979. How it works

2238 ± 155–

2070 ± 113–

1922 ± 110–

1783 ± 95–

1817 ± 119–

1775 ± 100–

1661 ± 143–

1532 ± 123–

1504 ± 104new

1468 ± 179new

1450 ± 156▼2

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