Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1866 | 45 | |
| 1867 | 50 | |
| 1868 | 55 | |
| 1869 | 60 | |
| 1870 | 65 | |
| 1871 | 70 | |
| 1872 | 74 | |
| 1873 | 79 | |
| 1874 | 84 | |
| 1875 | 89 | |
| 1876 | 94 | |
| 1877 | 90 | |
| 1878 | 87 | |
| 1879 | 83 | |
| 1880 | 80 | |
| 1881 | 76 | |
| 1882 | 72 | |
| 1883 | 69 | |
| 1884 | 65 | |
| 1885 | 62 | |
| 1886 | 58 | |
| 1887 | 54 | |
| 1888 | 51 | |
| 1889 | 47 | |
| 1890 | 44 | |
| 1891 | 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 Mike Donovan ranks #106 in Boxing
Mike Donovan ranks 106th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 814th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 86. 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 1866–1891 with 26 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1876, 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 american championship claims 1, career wins 22, career fights 35, seasons active 26.
Immediately ahead sits Fighting Harada on 85.9, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is George Foreman on 85.8. 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.
Mike Donovan GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Donovan stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1876. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 25 years of competition and 26 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Donovan comparisons
Mike Donovan — frequently asked
- Is Mike Donovan the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Mike Donovan ranks 106th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.9, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Mike Donovan's GOAT Score?
- 85.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Mike Donovan rank all time?
- 814th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 106th within Boxing.
- Mike Donovan vs Fighting Harada: who ranks higher?
- Mike Donovan, on 85.9 against Fighting Harada's 85.9 — a margin of 0.0 points.