Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 88
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 88
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 3 | |
| 1891 | 4 | |
| 1892 | 5 | |
| 1893 | 4 | |
| 1894 | 3 | |
| 1895 | 4 | |
| 1896 | 3 | |
| 1897 | 2 | |
| 1898 | 2 | |
| 1899 | 2 | |
| 1900 | 3 | |
| 1901 | 2 | |
| 1902 | 2 | |
| 1903 | 1 | |
| 1904 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- IBHOF
- The Ring
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Bob Fitzsimmons ranks #9 in Boxing
Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 9th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 120th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 88, Honours 90, Statistics 88. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 267 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1883–1914 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1892, 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 in divisions 3, professional wins 68, career knockouts 59, professional bouts 92.
Immediately ahead sits Roberto Durán on 90.3, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Gennadiy Golovkin on 89.9. 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.
Bob Fitzsimmons GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Fitzsimmons stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1892. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 31 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics88/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 88/100.
Top Fitzsimmons comparisons
Bob Fitzsimmons — frequently asked
- Is Bob Fitzsimmons the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Bob Fitzsimmons ranks 9th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 90.1, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Bob Fitzsimmons's GOAT Score?
- 90.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 88 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Bob Fitzsimmons rank all time?
- 120th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 9th within Boxing.
- Bob Fitzsimmons vs Roberto Durán: who ranks higher?
- Roberto Durán, on 90.3 against Bob Fitzsimmons's 90.1 — a margin of 0.2 points.