Welterweight rankings, April 1980

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of April 1980: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Wilfred Benítez, 3. Thomas Hearns.

Boxerbook rating

12 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of March 1980. How it works

2256 ± 149–

2071 ± 115–

2007 ± 140–

1922 ± 112–

1799 ± 94–

1805 ± 118–

1779 ± 101–

1661 ± 144–

1514 ± 120–

1499 ± 104–

1450 ± 158–

1433 ± 164–

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