Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 50 | |
| 1900 | 59 | |
| 1901 | 68 | |
| 1902 | 77 | |
| 1903 | 86 | |
| 1904 | 95 | |
| 1905 | 90 | |
| 1906 | 84 | |
| 1907 | 79 | |
| 1908 | 73 | |
| 1909 | 68 | |
| 1910 | 62 | |
| 1911 | 57 | |
| 1912 | 51 | |
| 1913 | 46 | |
| 1914 | 40 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- The Ring archive
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Dixie Kid ranks #78 in Boxing
Dixie Kid ranks 78th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 718th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.5 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 1899–1914 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1904, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world title reigns 1, career wins 78, career fights 151, knockouts 34.
Immediately ahead sits Kid Gavilán on 86.5, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Lennox Lewis on 86.4. 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.
Dixie Kid GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Dixie Kid stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1904. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Dixie Kid comparisons
Dixie Kid — frequently asked
- Is Dixie Kid the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Dixie Kid ranks 78th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.5, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Dixie Kid's GOAT Score?
- 86.5 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Dixie Kid rank all time?
- 718th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 78th within Boxing.
- Dixie Kid vs Kid Gavilán: who ranks higher?
- Dixie Kid, on 86.5 against Kid Gavilán's 86.5 — a margin of 0.0 points.