- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2018
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
GOAT Rank · 29
Greatest Boxing athletes of the 1980s
This ranking uses verified career records and GOAT Rank's published model. Every listed athlete clears the data eligibility threshold.
#AthleteGOAT Score
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1980–2005
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1980–2010
- Country
- 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–2007
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2011
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–1999
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1980–1991
- Country
- 🇹🇭 Thailand
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1988–2016
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1988–2017
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–1995
- Country
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1980–1991
- Country
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–2011
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1981–1998
- Country
- 🇻🇮 Virgin Islands
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2003
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–2001
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–2008
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–1999
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1980–1997
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 74.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2008
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1982–1997
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1985–2005
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1985–1998
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 78.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–2002
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 80.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1987–1996
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 82.0
- Statistics
- 88.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 70.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1988–2006
- Country
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 80.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1989–2012
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 86.0
- Dominance
- 78.0
- Statistics
- 80.0
- Honours
- 76.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1981–1989
- Country
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 80.0
- Statistics
- 86.0
- Honours
- 78.0
- Longevity
- 68.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1981–1999
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 70.0
- Statistics
- 78.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 72.0
- Sport
- Boxing
- Career
- 1984–1991
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 72.0
- Statistics
- 82.0
- Honours
- 70.0
- Longevity
- 66.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Roy Jones Jr. | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1989–2018 | 92 |
| 22 | Julio César Chávez | Boxing | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1980–2005 | 89.8 |
| 26 | Héctor Camacho | Boxing | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 1980–2010 | 89.6 |
| 31 | Virgil Hill | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–2007 | 89.2 |
| 38 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Boxing | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1989–2011 | 88.6 |
| 39 | Orlando Canizales | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–1999 | 88.6 |
| 43 | Khaosai Galaxy | Boxing | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1980–1991 | 88.4 |
| 46 | Bernard Hopkins | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1988–2016 | 88.2 |
| 53 | James Toney | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1988–2017 | 87.8 |
| 57 | Humberto González | Boxing | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1984–1995 | 87.8 |
| 58 | Chang Jung-koo | Boxing | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 1980–1991 | 87.8 |
| 61 | Evander Holyfield | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–2011 | 87.6 |
| 65 | Julian Jackson | Boxing | 🇻🇮 Virgin Islands | 1981–1998 | 87.3 |
| 79 | Lennox Lewis | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1989–2003 | 86.4 |
| 124 | Pernell Whitaker | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–2001 | 85.2 |
| 125 | Jeff Fenech | Boxing | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1984–2008 | 85.2 |
| 154 | Michael Carbajal | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1989–1999 | 83.9 |
| 155 | Donald Curry | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1980–1997 | 83.9 |
| 169 | Riddick Bowe | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1989–2008 | 83.4 |
| 170 | Buddy McGirt | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1982–1997 | 83.2 |
| 173 | Mike Tyson | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1985–2005 | 83 |
| 176 | Chris Eubank | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1985–1998 | 82.9 |
| 179 | Meldrick Taylor | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1984–2002 | 82.8 |
| 186 | Nigel Benn | Boxing | 🏴 England | 1987–1996 | 82.5 |
| 200 | Ike Quartey | Boxing | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 1988–2006 | 81.6 |
| 208 | Christy Martin | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1989–2012 | 80.7 |
| 213 | Barry McGuigan | Boxing | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 1981–1989 | 80.5 |
| 229 | Buster Douglas | Boxing | 🇺🇸 United States | 1981–1999 | 76 |
| 230 | Michael Watson | Boxing | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1984–1991 | 75.1 |
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