Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 45 | |
| 1902 | 51 | |
| 1903 | 58 | |
| 1904 | 64 | |
| 1905 | 70 | |
| 1906 | 76 | |
| 1907 | 83 | |
| 1908 | 89 | |
| 1909 | 95 | |
| 1910 | 91 | |
| 1911 | 87 | |
| 1912 | 83 | |
| 1913 | 79 | |
| 1914 | 75 | |
| 1915 | 71 | |
| 1916 | 68 | |
| 1917 | 64 | |
| 1918 | 60 | |
| 1919 | 56 | |
| 1920 | 52 | |
| 1921 | 48 | |
| 1922 | 44 | |
| 1923 | 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 Jack Blackburn ranks #73 in Boxing
Jack Blackburn ranks 73rd among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 652nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 86.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 80, Statistics 92. 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 1901–1923 with 23 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1909, 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 career wins 38, career fights 105, no-decision bouts 46, knockouts 19.
Immediately ahead sits Pete Herman on 86.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Nonpareil Jack Dempsey on 86.8. 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.
Jack Blackburn GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Blackburn 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 1909. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 23 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Blackburn comparisons
Jack Blackburn — frequently asked
- Is Jack Blackburn the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jack Blackburn ranks 73rd in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 86.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jack Blackburn's GOAT Score?
- 86.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jack Blackburn rank all time?
- 652nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 73rd within Boxing.
- Jack Blackburn vs Pete Herman: who ranks higher?
- Jack Blackburn, on 86.9 against Pete Herman's 86.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.