Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 88
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 45 | |
| 1965 | 51 | |
| 1966 | 57 | |
| 1967 | 62 | |
| 1968 | 68 | |
| 1969 | 74 | |
| 1970 | 80 | |
| 1971 | 85 | |
| 1972 | 91 | |
| 1973 | 97 | |
| 1974 | 90 | |
| 1975 | 84 | |
| 1976 | 77 | |
| 1977 | 70 | |
| 1978 | 64 | |
| 1979 | 57 | |
| 1980 | 50 | |
| 1981 | 43 | |
| 1982 | 37 | |
| 1983 | 30 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- Ring Magazine archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Antonio Cervantes ranks #30 in Boxing
Antonio Cervantes ranks 30th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 298th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 89.4 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 86, Honours 88, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 231 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1964–1983 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1973, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world title reigns 2, title defences 15, career wins 91, knockouts 45.
Immediately ahead sits Alexis Argüello on 89.4, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Virgil Hill on 89.2. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Antonio Cervantes GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Cervantes stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1973. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours88/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Cervantes comparisons
Antonio Cervantes — frequently asked
- Is Antonio Cervantes the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Antonio Cervantes ranks 30th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 89.4, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Antonio Cervantes's GOAT Score?
- 89.4 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Antonio Cervantes rank all time?
- 298th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 30th within Boxing.
- Antonio Cervantes vs Alexis Argüello: who ranks higher?
- Antonio Cervantes, on 89.4 against Alexis Argüello's 89.4 — a margin of 0.0 points.