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Cervantes vs Beterbiev

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CervantesWinner
89.4

Cervantes wins: Longevity, Honours

Beterbiev
89.4

Beterbiev wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇴 Antonio Cervantes
89.4

Cervantes leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Kid Pambelé defended the light welterweight title fifteen times.

1. Antonio Cervantes
89.4
2. Artur Beterbiev
89.4

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. 🇨🇦 Artur Beterbiev5 years played · career day 1,825406 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇴 Antonio Cervantes5 years played · career day 1,826283 title wins
-30.3% vs Beterbiev at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇴 Cervantes004596215613
🇨🇦 Beterbiev0072150406778

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.

MetricCervantesRetiredBeterbievActive
World title reigns2
Title defences15
Career wins91
Knockouts45
Career bouts111
World titles won4
Undisputed championships1
Professional wins21
Knockout percentage95
World amateur titles2
Dominance w25%8892
Peak w20%9496
Longevity w20%8678
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%9296

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cervantes89.4
Beterbiev89.4
The people
Cervantes
Beterbiev

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