Welterweight rankings, January 1982

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

Boxerbook rating at the end of January 1982: 1. Sugar Ray Leonard, 2. Thomas Hearns, 3. Jørgen Hansen.

Boxerbook rating

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

2337 ± 114–

2039 ± 124▲1

1819 ± 95▲1

1779 ± 119▲1

1759 ± 103▲1

1690 ± 128▲1

1508 ± 113▲1

1488 ± 117▲1

1429 ± 147▲1

974 ± 176▲1

Boxerbook’s archive of the publishers’ lists starts in 2026, so there are none for January 1982.