Category profile
- Dominance
- 90
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 90
- Statistics
- 94
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 45 | |
| 1994 | 50 | |
| 1995 | 55 | |
| 1996 | 59 | |
| 1997 | 64 | |
| 1998 | 69 | |
| 1999 | 74 | |
| 2000 | 79 | |
| 2001 | 84 | |
| 2002 | 88 | |
| 2003 | 93 | |
| 2004 | 98 | |
| 2005 | 89 | |
| 2006 | 79 | |
| 2007 | 70 | |
| 2008 | 60 |
Data sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- BoxRec records
- World sanctioning body archives
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Joe Calzaghe ranks #18 in Boxing
Joe Calzaghe ranks 18th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 222nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 90.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 90, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 90, 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 1993–2008 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2004, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes professional record wins 46, super middleweight title defences 21, world titles in weight classes 2, knockouts 32.
Immediately ahead sits Abe Attell on 90.3, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Bob Fitzsimmons on 90.1. 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.
Joe Calzaghe GOAT Score explained
- Dominance90/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Calzaghe stood above the field while competing. Scored 90/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2004. Scored 94/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 16 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours90/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 90/100.
- Statistics94/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 94/100.
Top Calzaghe comparisons
Joe Calzaghe — frequently asked
- Is Joe Calzaghe the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Joe Calzaghe ranks 18th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 90.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Joe Calzaghe's GOAT Score?
- 90.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 90 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 90 (20%), Statistics 94 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Joe Calzaghe rank all time?
- 222nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 18th within Boxing.
- Joe Calzaghe vs Abe Attell: who ranks higher?
- Abe Attell, on 90.3 against Joe Calzaghe's 90.2 — a margin of 0.1 points.