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Hopkins vs Canelo

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HopkinsWinner
88.2

Hopkins wins: Longevity

Canelo
88.2

Canelo wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Bernard Hopkins
88.2

Hopkins leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Twenty middleweight title defences and a world title at 49.

1. Bernard Hopkins
88.2
2. Canelo Álvarez
88.2

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. 🇺🇸 Bernard Hopkins5 years played · career day 3,65217 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇽 Canelo Álvarez5 years played · career day 3,65117 title wins
0.0% vs Hopkins at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hopkins0000014
🇲🇽 Canelo0000015

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.

MetricHopkinsRetiredCaneloActive
World titles416
Title defences20
Career wins5563
Undisputed reigns11
Oldest world champion (age)49
Knockouts3239
Weight divisions4
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year2
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%9688
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%8890

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Hopkins88.2
Canelo88.2
The people
Hopkins
Canelo

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