knocked off three fighters from the #1 spot on the pound for pound rankings? 1980 KO Magazine (January) 1 - Roberto Duran 2 - Sugar Ray Leonard 3 - Wilfredo Gomez 4 - Danny Lopez 5 - Pipino Cuevas 6 - Alexis Arguello 7 - Larry Holmes 8 - Wilfred Benitez 9 - Vito Antuofermo/Matt Saad Muhammad (tie) 1981 KO Magazine (January) 1 - Thomas Hearns 2 - Sugar Ray Leonard 3 - Marvin Hagler 4 - Larry Holmes 5 - Alexis Arguello 6 - Wilfredo Gomez 7 - Eddie Mustafa Muhammad 8 - Matt Saad Muhammmad 9 - Wilfred Benitez 10 - Roberto Duran/Aaron Pryor (tie) 1982 KO Magazine 1. Sugar Ray Leonard 2. Alexis Arguello 3. Marvin Hagler 4. Salvador Sanchez 5. Wilfred Benitez 6. Larry Holmes 7. Jeff Chandler 8. Eusebio Pedroza 9. Aaron Pryor 10. Thomas Hearns/Dwight Braxton* (tie) *Dwight Muhammad Qawi 1983 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Aaron Pryor 3. Larry Holmes 4. Michael Spinks 5. Jeff Chandler 6. Thomas Hearns 7. Alexis Arguello 8. Wilfredo Gomez 9. Hector Camacho 10. Eusebio Pedroza 1984 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Aaron Pryor 3. Larry Holmes 4. Eusebio Pedroza 5. Hector Camacho 6. Ray Leonard 6. Jeff Chandler 8. Michael Spinks 9. Thomas Hearns 10. Donald Curry 1985 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Hector Camacho 3. Michael Spinks 4. Donald Curry 5. Thomas Hearns 6. Barry McGuigan 7. Milton McCrory 8. Julio Cesar Chavez 8. Pinklon Thomas 10. Larry Holmes 1986 KO Magazine 1. Marvin Hagler 2. Mike Tyson 3. Donald Curry 4. Thomas Hearns 5. Edwin Rosario 6. Azumah Nelson 6. Michael Spinks 8. Evander Holyfield 9. Julio Cesar Chavez 10. Hector Camacho 1988 KO Magazine 1. Mike Tyson 2. Julio Cesar Chavez 3. Evander Holyfield 4. Ray Leonard 5. Jeff Fenech 6. Michael Nunn 7. Azumah Nelson 8. Jung Koo Chang 9. Buddy McGirt 10. Sumbu Kalambay 1989 1. Mike Tyson 2. Julio Cesar Chavez 3. Pernell Whitaker 4. Michael Nunn 5. Antonio Esparragoza 6. Meldrick Taylor 7. Azumah Nelson 8. Raul Perez 9. Virgil Hill 10. Marlon Starling
Aren't they Fighter of the Year polls? They didn't really begin regular P4P ratings until the mid-80s. Still, it's fine achievement nonetheless.