Welterweight rankings, September 1981

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of September 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 August 1981. How it works

2337 ± 112new

2210 ± 115▼1

2037 ± 122▼1

1799 ± 96▼1

1841 ± 118▼1

1798 ± 102▼1

1690 ± 126▼1

1488 ± 116▼1

1363 ± 161▼1

749 ± 191new

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