H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Barney Ross
Welterweight · United States
Barney Ross ranks #14 in the H&G All-Time Index at Welterweight, with a 94.26 All-Time Index score and a 72-4-3 professional record. His best wins on record include Jimmy McLarnin, Tony Canzoneri and Ceferino Garcia. His career span on this page is 1929-1938.
- All-time rank
- #14All-Time Elite
- H&G All-Time Index
- 94.260-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 72-4-3Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1929-1938
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career highlights
Career story
How Barney Ross's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Signature wins
- Jimmy McLarnin - 1935 - signature win
- Tony Canzoneri - 1933 - signature win
- Ceferino Garcia - 1937 - signature win
- Sammy Fuller - 1933 - signature win
- Billy Petrolle - 1934 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1929 | 1,713 |
| 1930 | 1,762 |
| 1931 | 1,838 |
| 1932 | 1,909 |
| 1933 | 1,957 |
| 1934 | 1,980 |
| 1935 | 1,999 |
| 1936 | 2,000 |
| 1937 | 1,998 |
| 1938 | 1,978 |
Why this ranking
Barney Ross ranks #14 with a 94.26 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. Our records show no losses by stoppage. His standout win in our data is over Jimmy McLarnin in 1935, who reached a 1,900 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. The strongest model lifts are major title-control signal (well above the typical top-1000 fighter) and sustained top-level career signal (well above the typical top-1000 fighter). Peak-form Elo is 2,000 (±196), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
Major title-control signalStrongly above the typical top-1000 fighter
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Top-level longevityStrongly above the typical top-1000 fighter
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Elite winsAbove the typical top-1000 fighter
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
Career rating profileAbove the typical top-1000 fighter
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
World-title recordAbove the typical top-1000 fighter
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Cross-era separationAround the typical top-1000 fighter
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Barney Ross actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Henry Armstrong#3 · Index 98 · 1938
- Tony Canzoneri#31 · Index 91 · 1933
- Jimmy McLarnin#45 · Index 89 · 1934, 1935
- Ceferino Garcia#311 · Index 78 · 1935, 1937
- Sammy Fuller#822 · Index 72 · 1933
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Mickey Walker#20 · Welterweight / Middleweight · 7 overlapping years (1929-1935)
- Marcel Thil#43 · Welterweight / Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1929-1937)
- Billy Conn#52 · Super Lightweight / Welterweight / Middleweight · 5 overlapping years (1934-1938)
- Freddie Steele#55 · Welterweight / Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1930-1938)
- Young Corbett III#66 · Super Lightweight / Welterweight / Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1929-1938)
- Lou Ambers#72 · Lightweight / Super Lightweight / Welterweight · 6 overlapping years (1933-1938)
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- Fred Apostoli#98 · Welterweight / Middleweight · 5 overlapping years (1934-1938)
- Jackie Fields#119 · Lightweight / Super Lightweight / Welterweight / Middleweight · 5 overlapping years (1929-1933)
- Jack 'Kid' Berg#122 · Lightweight / Super Lightweight / Welterweight · 9 overlapping years (1930-1938)
- Kid Chocolate#131 · Lightweight · 9 overlapping years (1930-1938)
- Louis 'Kid' Kaplan#210 · Lightweight / Super Lightweight · 5 overlapping years (1929-1933)
- Johnny Indrisano#220 · Welterweight · 6 overlapping years (1929-1934)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Barney Ross also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 59 bouts we hold full data for from 1929 to 1938, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,000 (peak dated 1936-03-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±196 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.