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Boxing · Lightweight · Ireland

Katie Taylor

2001–present · Olympic champion and undisputed lightweight world champion.

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

Pure sporting data
85.4
Cultural & brand footprint 58/100 · total legacy 80.5
Olympic golds
1
Undisputed reigns
2
World amateur titles
5
World titles
8
Career wins
25
European amateur titles
6

Category profile

Dominance
86
Peak
90
Longevity
86
Honours
88
Statistics
86

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
20163
20174
20183
20193
20202
20212
20222
20232
20242
20252

Data sources

  • BoxRec
  • The Ring
  • Olympedia

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

Why Katie Taylor ranks #20 in Boxing

Katie Taylor ranks 20th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 207th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.2 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 88, 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 2001–present with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2017, 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 olympic golds 1, undisputed reigns 2, world amateur titles 5, world titles 8.

Immediately ahead sits George Foreman on 85.8, a gap of -1.4 points. Directly behind is Carlos Monzón on 88.0. 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.

Katie Taylor GOAT Score explained

Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Taylor stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
Peak90/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2017. Scored 90/100.
Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
Honours88/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 88/100.
Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.

Katie Taylor — frequently asked

Is Katie Taylor the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Katie Taylor ranks 20th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 87.2, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
What is Katie Taylor's GOAT Score?
87.2 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 88 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Katie Taylor rank all time?
207th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 20th within Boxing.
Katie Taylor vs George Foreman: who ranks higher?
Katie Taylor, on 87.2 against George Foreman's 85.8 — a margin of 1.4 points.
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