Category profile
- Dominance
- 78
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 8 | |
| 1983 | 9 | |
| 1984 | 8 | |
| 1985 | 7 | |
| 1986 | 6 | |
| 1987 | 5 | |
| 1988 | 5 | |
| 1989 | 4 | |
| 1990 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Buddy McGirt ranks #85 in Boxing
Buddy McGirt ranks 85th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 759th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 86. 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 1982–1997 with 15 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1983, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles won 2, professional wins 73, knockout wins 48, professional losses 6.
Immediately ahead sits Shane Mosley on 83.4, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Michael Spinks on 83.1. 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.
Buddy McGirt GOAT Score explained
- Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far McGirt stood above the field while competing. Scored 78/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1983. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 15 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top McGirt comparisons
Buddy McGirt — frequently asked
- Is Buddy McGirt the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Buddy McGirt ranks 85th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Buddy McGirt's GOAT Score?
- 83.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Buddy McGirt rank all time?
- 759th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 85th within Boxing.
- Buddy McGirt vs Shane Mosley: who ranks higher?
- Shane Mosley, on 83.4 against Buddy McGirt's 83.2 — a margin of 0.2 points.