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Attell vs Calzaghe

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AttellWinner
90.3

Attell wins: Longevity

Calzaghe
90.2

Calzaghe wins: Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Abe Attell
90.3

Attell leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World featherweight champion for eleven years in the early 1900s.

1. Abe Attell
90.3
2. Joe Calzaghe
90.2

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Abe Attell5 years played · career day 1,825291 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Joe Calzaghe5 years played · career day 1,825273 title wins
-6.2% vs Attell at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Attell004597291641
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Calzaghe004595273579

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 years are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricAttellRetiredCalzagheRetired
Years as champion11
Career wins91
Knockouts5132
Title defences18
Career bouts172
Professional record wins46
Professional losses0
Super middleweight title defences21
World titles in weight classes2
Dominance w25%9090
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%8884
Honours w20%8890
Statistics w15%9294

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GOAT Rank · the data
Attell90.3
Calzaghe90.2
The people
Attell
Calzaghe

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