Welterweight rankings, December 1981

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

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

Boxerbook rating

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

2337 ± 113–

2210 ± 116–

2039 ± 123–

1819 ± 94–

1779 ± 118–

1759 ± 103–

1690 ± 127–

1508 ± 113new

1488 ± 117▼1

1429 ± 147▼1

837 ± 180▼1

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