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Khan vs LaMotta

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KhanWinner
80.3

Khan wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

LaMotta
80.2

LaMotta wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Amir Khan
80.3

Khan leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic silver medallist at 17 and unified light welterweight world champion.

1. Amir Khan
80.3
2. Jake LaMotta
80.2

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. 🇺🇸 Jake LaMotta5 years played · career day 1,82555 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Amir Khan5 years played · career day 1,82521 title wins
-61.8% vs LaMotta at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Khan005112129
🇺🇸 LaMotta0011245581

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.

MetricKhanRetiredLaMottaRetired
World titles21
Olympic medals1
Professional wins3483
Career knockouts21
Professional bouts40
Knockouts30
Career bouts106
Times knocked out1
Dominance w25%7478
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%8282
Honours w20%7674
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
Khan80.3
LaMotta80.2
The people
Khan
LaMotta

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