Category profile
- Dominance
- 84
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 80
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 14 | |
| 1966 | 16 | |
| 1967 | 12 | |
| 1968 | 10 | |
| 1969 | 8 | |
| 1970 | 7 | |
| 1971 | 6 | |
| 1972 | 5 | |
| 1973 | 4 | |
| 1974 | 4 | |
| 1975 | 3 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Rubén Olivares ranks #29 in Boxing
Rubén Olivares ranks 29th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 347th of 1063 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 85.3 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 90, Longevity 84, Honours 80, Statistics 90. 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 1965–1988 with 18 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1966, 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 world titles in weight classes 2, professional wins 89, knockouts 78, career bouts 104.
Immediately ahead sits José Nápoles on 85.9, a gap of 0.6 points. Directly behind is Marvelous Marvin Hagler on 85.4. 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.
Rubén Olivares GOAT Score explained
- Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Olivares 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 1966. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 23 years of competition and 18 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours80/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 80/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Olivares comparisons
Rubén Olivares — frequently asked
- Is Rubén Olivares the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Rubén Olivares ranks 29th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 85.3, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Rubén Olivares's GOAT Score?
- 85.3 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 80 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Rubén Olivares rank all time?
- 347th of 1063 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Boxing.
- Rubén Olivares vs José Nápoles: who ranks higher?
- José Nápoles, on 85.9 against Rubén Olivares's 85.3 — a margin of 0.6 points.