H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Richie Kates
Light Heavyweight · United States
Richie Kates ranks #755 in the H&G All-Time Index at Light Heavyweight, with a 72.79 All-Time Index score and a 44-6-0 professional record. His career span on this page is 1969-1983.
- All-time rank
- #755
- H&G All-Time Index
- 72.790-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 44-6-0Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1969-1983
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Richie Kates'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 |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,660 |
| 1971 | 1,698 |
| 1972 | 1,711 |
| 1973 | 1,742 |
| 1974 | 1,752 |
| 1975 | 1,756 |
| 1976 | 1,748 |
| 1977 | 1,742 |
| 1978 | 1,754 |
| 1979 | 1,771 |
| 1980 | 1,778 |
| 1982 | 1,818 |
| 1983 | 1,827 |
Why this ranking
Richie Kates ranks #755 with a 72.79 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. In one case a result was later reversed: he beat Jerry Celestine once, then lost to him in a later fight. He also fought Paul Cardoza 2 times, going 2-0-0 across that series. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,827 (±283), 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.
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 repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
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.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Richie Kates actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Victor Galindez#304 · Index 78 · 1976, 1977
- Matthew Saad Muhammad#328 · Index 77 · 1978
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.
- Michael Spinks#36 · Light Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1977-1983)
- Bob Foster#109 · Light Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1969-1978)
- Chong Pal Park#224 · Light Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1977-1983)
- John Conteh#330 · Light Heavyweight · 10 overlapping years (1971-1980)
- Marvin Johnson#609 · Light Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1973-1983)
- Marvin Camel#639 · Light Heavyweight · 11 overlapping years (1973-1983)
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- Eddie Mustafa Muhammad#742 · Light Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1972-1983)
- Lottie Mwale#980 · Light Heavyweight · 7 overlapping years (1977-1983)
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 32 bouts we hold full data for from 1969 to 1983, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,827 (peak dated 1983-10-01). 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 ±283 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.