Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 78
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 40 | |
| 1935 | 48 | |
| 1936 | 56 | |
| 1937 | 64 | |
| 1938 | 73 | |
| 1939 | 81 | |
| 1940 | 89 | |
| 1941 | 97 | |
| 1942 | 86 | |
| 1943 | 76 | |
| 1944 | 65 | |
| 1945 | 54 | |
| 1946 | 43 | |
| 1947 | 33 | |
| 1948 | 22 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Billy Conn ranks #137 in Boxing
Billy Conn ranks 137th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1028th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 78, Honours 82, Statistics 86. 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 1934–1948 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1941, 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 titles 1, professional wins 63, title defences 3, professional bouts 76.
Immediately ahead sits Lou Ambers on 84.9, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Holly Holm on 84.7. 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.
Billy Conn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Conn stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1941. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity78/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 14 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 78/100.
- Honours82/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Conn comparisons
Billy Conn — frequently asked
- Is Billy Conn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Billy Conn ranks 137th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.7, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Billy Conn's GOAT Score?
- 84.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 78 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Billy Conn rank all time?
- 1028th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 137th within Boxing.
- Billy Conn vs Lou Ambers: who ranks higher?
- Lou Ambers, on 84.9 against Billy Conn's 84.7 — a margin of 0.2 points.