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Boxing · Welterweight · Ghana

Ike Quartey

1988–2006 · WBA welterweight champion with 19 defences-era dominance before facing De La Hoya.

Retired
Ranking model

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

Pure sporting data
81.6
Cultural & brand footprint 58/100 · total legacy 75.7
World titles
1
Title defences
7
Professional wins
37
Career knockouts
31
Professional bouts
42

Category profile

Dominance
78
Peak
90
Longevity
80
Honours
76
Statistics
86

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
19886
19895
19904
19914
19924
19933
19943
19952
19962
19971
19981
19991
20001

Data sources

  • BoxRec
  • IBHOF
  • The Ring

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Ike Quartey ranks #106 in Boxing

Ike Quartey ranks 106th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 928th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 81.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 78, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 76, 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 1988–2006 with 13 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1988, 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 1, title defences 7, professional wins 37, career knockouts 31.

Immediately ahead sits Chris Byrd on 81.8, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Aaron Pryor on 81.5. 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.

Ike Quartey GOAT Score explained

Dominance78/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Quartey 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 1988. Scored 90/100.
Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 18 years of competition and 13 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
Honours76/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 76/100.
Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.

Ike Quartey — frequently asked

Is Ike Quartey the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Ike Quartey ranks 106th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 81.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
What is Ike Quartey's GOAT Score?
81.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 78 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 76 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Ike Quartey rank all time?
928th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 106th within Boxing.
Ike Quartey vs Chris Byrd: who ranks higher?
Chris Byrd, on 81.8 against Ike Quartey's 81.6 — a margin of 0.2 points.
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