Welterweight rankings, December 1980

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of December 1980: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Roberto Durán, 3. Wilfred Benítez.

Boxerbook rating

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

2256 ± 124–

2206 ± 111–

2075 ± 117–

2059 ± 128–

1825 ± 95–

1809 ± 121–

1761 ± 102–

1499 ± 109–

1493 ± 118–

1387 ± 179–

1374 ± 156–

1370 ± 144–

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