H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Gus Lesnevich
Light Heavyweight · United States
Gus Lesnevich ranks #289 in the H&G All-Time Index at Light Heavyweight, with a 77.95 All-Time Index score and a 61-14-5 professional record. His career span on this page is 1934-1949.
- All-time rank
- #289
- H&G All-Time Index
- 77.950-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 61-14-5Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1934-1949
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Gus Lesnevich'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.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1934 | 1,670 |
| 1935 | 1,717 |
| 1936 | 1,749 |
| 1937 | 1,780 |
| 1938 | 1,792 |
| 1939 | 1,794 |
| 1940 | 1,788 |
| 1941 | 1,785 |
| 1942 | 1,775 |
| 1946 | 1,737 |
| 1947 | 1,740 |
| 1948 | 1,718 |
| 1949 | 1,692 |
Why this ranking
Gus Lesnevich ranks #289 with a 77.95 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Melio Bettina in 1947, who reached a 1,837 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In one case a result was later reversed: he beat Freddie Mills once, then lost to him in a later fight. The strongest model lifts are quality of opponents beaten (above the typical top-1000 fighter) and major title-control signal (above the typical top-1000 fighter). Peak-form Elo is 1,794 (±162), 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.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Gus Lesnevich actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Ezzard Charles#38 · Index 90 · 1949
- Billy Conn#52 · Index 88 · 1939, 1940
- Freddie Steele#55 · Index 88 · 1936
- Young Corbett III#66 · Index 86 · 1937
- Lou Brouillard#253 · Index 79 · 1938
- Jimmy Bivins#258 · Index 79 · 1942
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- Melio Bettina#368 · Index 77 · 1947
- Bob Pastor#539 · Index 75 · 1942
- Anton Christoforidis#672 · Index 73 · 1941
- Joey Maxim#896 · Index 72 · 1949
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.
- Henry Armstrong#3 · Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1937-1945)
- Joe Louis#4 · Heavyweight · 16 overlapping years (1934-1949)
- Fred Apostoli#98 · Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1934-1948)
- John Henry Lewis#105 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 6 overlapping years (1934-1939)
- Maxie Rosenbloom#118 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight · 6 overlapping years (1934-1939)
- Marcel Cerdan#162 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 14 overlapping years (1936-1949)
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- Jake LaMotta#241 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1941-1949)
- Ken Overlin#243 · Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1935-1944)
- Max Schmeling#299 · Super Middleweight / Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 15 overlapping years (1934-1948)
- Teddy Yarosz#302 · Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1934-1942)
- Ceferino Garcia#311 · Middleweight · 12 overlapping years (1934-1945)
- Holman Williams#362 · Middleweight · 9 overlapping years (1940-1948)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
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 61 bouts we hold full data for from 1934 to 1949, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,794 (peak dated 1939-05-01). 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 ±162 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.