Welterweight rankings, April 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of April 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 March 1981. How it works

2257 ± 125–

2206 ± 113–

2075 ± 119–

2062 ± 129–

1827 ± 96–

1838 ± 116–

1764 ± 103–

1690 ± 124new

1478 ± 115▼1

1397 ± 152▼1

1334 ± 166▼1

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