Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 76
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 45 | |
| 1933 | 55 | |
| 1934 | 66 | |
| 1935 | 76 | |
| 1936 | 87 | |
| 1937 | 97 | |
| 1938 | 80 | |
| 1939 | 64 | |
| 1940 | 47 | |
| 1941 | 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 Lou Ambers ranks #136 in Boxing
Lou Ambers ranks 136th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1000th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 84.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 92, Longevity 76, Honours 84, Statistics 90. 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 1932–1941 with 10 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1937, 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 world title reigns 2, career wins 90, knockouts 29, title fights 8.
Immediately ahead sits Pipino Cuevas on 84.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Billy Conn on 84.7. 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.
Lou Ambers GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Ambers stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1937. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity76/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 9 years of competition and 10 recorded seasons. Scored 76/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Ambers comparisons
Lou Ambers — frequently asked
- Is Lou Ambers the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lou Ambers ranks 136th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Lou Ambers's GOAT Score?
- 84.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 76 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lou Ambers rank all time?
- 1000th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 136th within Boxing.
- Lou Ambers vs Pipino Cuevas: who ranks higher?
- Lou Ambers, on 84.9 against Pipino Cuevas's 84.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.