Welterweight rankings, May 1980

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

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

Boxerbook rating

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

2256 ± 150–

2071 ± 115–

2027 ± 134–

1922 ± 113–

1799 ± 94–

1805 ± 118–

1779 ± 102–

1514 ± 120▲1

1499 ± 105▲1

1450 ± 158▲1

1323 ± 152▲1

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