Category profile
- Dominance
- 80
- Peak
- 88
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 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 Erik Morales ranks #37 in Boxing
Erik Morales ranks 37th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 429th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.8 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 80, Peak 88, Longevity 84, Honours 84, Statistics 84. 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 1993–2012 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1995, which sets the Peak component at 88. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 88 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles in weight classes 4, professional wins 52, knockouts 36, world title fights 27.
Immediately ahead sits Rocky Marciano on 86.3, a gap of 2.5 points. Directly behind is Oscar De La Hoya on 84.0. 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.
Erik Morales GOAT Score explained
- Dominance80/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Morales stood above the field while competing. Scored 80/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak88/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1995. Scored 88/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Morales comparisons
Erik Morales — frequently asked
- Is Erik Morales the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Erik Morales ranks 37th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 83.8, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Erik Morales's GOAT Score?
- 83.8 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 80 (25%), Peak 88 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Erik Morales rank all time?
- 429th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 37th within Boxing.
- Erik Morales vs Rocky Marciano: who ranks higher?
- Rocky Marciano, on 86.3 against Erik Morales's 83.8 — a margin of 2.5 points.