Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 94
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 45 | |
| 1985 | 52 | |
| 1986 | 58 | |
| 1987 | 65 | |
| 1988 | 71 | |
| 1989 | 78 | |
| 1990 | 84 | |
| 1991 | 91 | |
| 1992 | 97 | |
| 1993 | 87 | |
| 1994 | 78 | |
| 1995 | 68 | |
| 1996 | 59 | |
| 1997 | 49 | |
| 1998 | 40 | |
| 1999 | 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 Orlando Canizales ranks #39 in Boxing
Orlando Canizales ranks 39th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 392nd of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 88.6 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 94, Longevity 84, Honours 86, 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 1984–1999 with 16 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1992, 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 title defences 16, career wins 50, knockouts 37, world title reigns 1.
Immediately ahead sits Marco Antonio Barrera on 88.6, a gap of 0.0 points. Directly behind is Jack Johnson on 88.4. 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.
Orlando Canizales GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Canizales stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak94/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1992. 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.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Canizales comparisons
Orlando Canizales — frequently asked
- Is Orlando Canizales the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Orlando Canizales ranks 39th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 88.6, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Orlando Canizales's GOAT Score?
- 88.6 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Orlando Canizales rank all time?
- 392nd of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 39th within Boxing.
- Orlando Canizales vs Marco Antonio Barrera: who ranks higher?
- Orlando Canizales, on 88.6 against Marco Antonio Barrera's 88.6 — a margin of 0.0 points.