Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 82
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 45 | |
| 1981 | 55 | |
| 1982 | 66 | |
| 1983 | 76 | |
| 1984 | 87 | |
| 1985 | 97 | |
| 1986 | 91 | |
| 1987 | 84 | |
| 1988 | 78 | |
| 1989 | 71 | |
| 1990 | 65 | |
| 1991 | 59 | |
| 1992 | 52 | |
| 1993 | 46 | |
| 1994 | 39 | |
| 1995 | 33 | |
| 1996 | 26 | |
| 1997 | 20 |
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 Donald Curry ranks #155 in Boxing
Donald Curry ranks 155th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1174th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 74, 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 1980–1997 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1985, 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 undisputed world titles 1, world titles in weight classes 2, professional wins 34, knockouts 25.
Immediately ahead sits Michael Carbajal on 83.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Erik Morales on 83.8. 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.
Donald Curry GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Curry 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 1985. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 17 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 74/100.
- 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 Curry comparisons
Donald Curry — frequently asked
- Is Donald Curry the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Donald Curry ranks 155th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Donald Curry's GOAT Score?
- 83.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Donald Curry rank all time?
- 1174th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 155th within Boxing.
- Donald Curry vs Michael Carbajal: who ranks higher?
- Donald Curry, on 83.9 against Michael Carbajal's 83.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.