Welterweight rankings, January 1980

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of January 1980: 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 December 1979. How it works

2238 ± 156–

2070 ± 113–

1922 ± 111–

1783 ± 95–

1817 ± 120–

1775 ± 101–

1661 ± 143–

1532 ± 123–

1504 ± 104–

1468 ± 179–

1450 ± 157–

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for January 1980.