Welterweight rankings, January 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of January 1981: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Roberto Durán, 3. Wilfred Benítez.

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 1980. How it works

2256 ± 124–

2206 ± 112–

2075 ± 118–

2059 ± 128–

1825 ± 95–

1822 ± 119–

1761 ± 102–

1499 ± 109–

1468 ± 115–

1415 ± 172–

1374 ± 156–

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for January 1981.