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Chambers vs Ketchel

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ChambersWinner
83.5

Chambers wins: Longevity, Honours

Ketchel
83.5

Ketchel wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Arthur Chambers
83.5

Chambers leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Bare-knuckle lightweight champion of America from 1872.

1. Arthur Chambers
83.5
2. Stanley Ketchel
83.5

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. 🇺🇸 Stanley Ketchel5 years played · career day 1,825358 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Arthur Chambers5 years played · career day 1,825323 title wins
-9.8% vs Ketchel at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Chambers0050107323669
🇺🇸 Ketchel0045103358536

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.

MetricChambersRetiredKetchelRetired
World championship wins1
Career wins8
Title defences3
Career fights12
Seasons active14
World titles1
Professional wins52
Knockouts49
Professional bouts64
Title fights8
Dominance w25%8288
Peak w20%9096
Longevity w20%7862
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8490

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GOAT Rank · the data
Chambers83.5
Ketchel83.5
The people
Chambers
Ketchel

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