H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Paul Pender
Middleweight · United States
Paul Pender ranks #401 in the H&G All-Time Index at Middleweight, with a 76.36 All-Time Index score and a 40-6-2 professional record. His career span on this page is 1949-1962.
- All-time rank
- #401
- H&G All-Time Index
- 76.360-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 40-6-2Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1949-1962
- Data Confidence
- LowLimited or wide-band career evidence. Treat close ranks as provisional.
Career story
How Paul Pender'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 |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,536 |
| 1951 | 1,543 |
| 1952 | 1,546 |
| 1954 | 1,625 |
| 1955 | 1,629 |
| 1959 | 1,775 |
| 1960 | 1,783 |
| 1961 | 1,786 |
| 1962 | 1,788 |
Why this ranking
Paul Pender ranks #401 with a 76.36 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Sugar Ray Robinson in 1960, who reached a 2,094 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. In one case a result was later reversed: he beat Terry Downes once, then lost to him in a later fight. Data Confidence is Low, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,788 (±268), 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.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
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 Paul Pender actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Sugar Ray Robinson#6 · Index 97 · 1960
- Gene Fullmer#85 · Index 85 · 1955
- Carmen Basilio#290 · Index 78 · 1961
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.
- Archie Moore#16 · Super Middleweight · 14 overlapping years (1949-1962)
- Ezzard Charles#38 · Super Middleweight · 11 overlapping years (1949-1959)
- Floyd Patterson#64 · Super Middleweight · 11 overlapping years (1952-1962)
- Kid Gavilan#147 · Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1949-1958)
- Dick Tiger#150 · Middleweight · 11 overlapping years (1952-1962)
- Bobo Olson#160 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 14 overlapping years (1949-1962)
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- Jake LaMotta#241 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 6 overlapping years (1949-1954)
- Charles Humez#601 · Middleweight · 10 overlapping years (1949-1958)
- Curtis Cokes#759 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 5 overlapping years (1958-1962)
- Joey Giardello#830 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 12 overlapping years (1951-1962)
- Willie Pastrano#885 · Middleweight / Super Middleweight · 12 overlapping years (1951-1962)
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 22 bouts we hold full data for from 1949 to 1962, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,788 (peak dated 1962-04-07). 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 ±268 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.