Welterweight rankings, February 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of February 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 January 1981. How it works

2256 ± 125–

2206 ± 112–

2075 ± 118–

2059 ± 128–

1825 ± 96–

1838 ± 115–

1764 ± 102–

1499 ± 110–

1478 ± 114–

1397 ± 151▲1

1334 ± 166▼1

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