Category profile
- Dominance
- 82
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 45 | |
| 1941 | 58 | |
| 1942 | 70 | |
| 1943 | 83 | |
| 1944 | 95 | |
| 1945 | 89 | |
| 1946 | 83 | |
| 1947 | 77 | |
| 1948 | 71 | |
| 1949 | 65 | |
| 1950 | 60 | |
| 1951 | 54 | |
| 1952 | 48 | |
| 1953 | 42 | |
| 1954 | 36 | |
| 1955 | 30 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- Ring Magazine archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Jimmy Bivins ranks #129 in Boxing
Jimmy Bivins ranks 129th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 970th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 78, 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 1940–1955 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1944, which sets the Peak component at 90. Statistics is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 15% of the final score. The underlying career record includes career wins 86, knockouts 31, career bouts 112, interim titles 2.
Immediately ahead sits Arturo Gatti on 85.1, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Marcel Cerdan on 85.0. 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.
Jimmy Bivins GOAT Score explained
- Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Bivins stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1944. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
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Jimmy Bivins — frequently asked
- Is Jimmy Bivins the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Jimmy Bivins ranks 129th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.1, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Jimmy Bivins's GOAT Score?
- 85.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Jimmy Bivins rank all time?
- 970th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 129th within Boxing.
- Jimmy Bivins vs Arturo Gatti: who ranks higher?
- Jimmy Bivins, on 85.1 against Arturo Gatti's 85.1 — a margin of 0.0 points.