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Boxing · Welterweight · United States

Cocoa Kid

1929–1948 · Murderers' Row welterweight who held the coloured world welterweight title.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
87.6
Cultural & brand footprint 58/100 · total legacy 81.0
Coloured world title reigns
2
Career wins
165
Career fights
249
Knockouts
60
Seasons active
20

Category profile

Dominance
86
Peak
92
Longevity
88
Honours
80
Statistics
94

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
192950
193056
193161
193267
193373
193478
193584
193689
193795
193890
193985
194080
194175
194270
194365
194460
194555
194650
194745
194840

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 Cocoa Kid ranks #64 in Boxing

Cocoa Kid ranks 64th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 540th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 88, Honours 80, Statistics 94. 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 1929–1948 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, which sets the Peak component at 92. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes coloured world title reigns 2, career wins 165, career fights 249, knockouts 60.

Immediately ahead sits Naoko Fujioka on 87.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Julian Jackson on 87.3. 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.

Cocoa Kid GOAT Score explained

Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Cocoa Kid stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
Peak92/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 92/100.
Longevity88/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 88/100.
Honours80/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.

Cocoa Kid — frequently asked

Is Cocoa Kid the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Cocoa Kid ranks 64th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 87.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
What is Cocoa Kid's GOAT Score?
87.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 88 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Cocoa Kid rank all time?
540th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 64th within Boxing.
Cocoa Kid vs Naoko Fujioka: who ranks higher?
Cocoa Kid, on 87.6 against Naoko Fujioka's 87.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.
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