Welterweight rankings, May 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of May 1981: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Roberto Durán, 3. Thomas Hearns.

Boxerbook rating

10 boxers met the list thresholds at the end of the month. μ ± RD; arrows show the move since the end of April 1981. How it works

2257 ± 126–

2206 ± 114–

2062 ± 129▲1

1829 ± 97▲1

1838 ± 117▲1

1764 ± 104▲1

1690 ± 124▲1

1478 ± 116▲1

1397 ± 152▲1

1334 ± 167▲1

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