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Arizmendi vs Holyfield

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ArizmendiWinner
87.7

Arizmendi wins: Peak, Statistics

Holyfield
87.6

Holyfield wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇲🇽 Baby Arizmendi
87.7

Arizmendi leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Mexico's first world champion, holding featherweight titles in the 1930s.

1. Baby Arizmendi
87.7
2. Evander Holyfield
87.6

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. 🇲🇽 Baby Arizmendi5 years played · career day 1,825316 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Evander Holyfield5 years played · career day 2,55619 title wins
-94.0% vs Arizmendi at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇲🇽 Arizmendi0050107316673
🇺🇸 Holyfield00001024

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.

MetricArizmendiRetiredHolyfieldRetired
World title reigns2
Career wins7144
Career fights100
Wins over world champions5
Seasons active16
World titles6
Undisputed reigns2
Knockouts29
Heavyweight title reigns4
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year3
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8488
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Arizmendi87.7
Holyfield87.6
The people
Arizmendi
Holyfield

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