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Conn vs Ambers

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AmbersWinner
84.9

Ambers wins: Honours, Statistics

Conn
84.7

Conn wins: Peak, Longevity

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Time range

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Lou Ambers
84.9

Ambers leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time world lightweight champion known as the Herkimer Hurricane.

1. Lou Ambers
84.9
2. Billy Conn
84.7

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. 🇺🇸 Lou Ambers5 years played · career day 1,826329 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Billy Conn5 years played · career day 1,825281 title wins
-14.6% vs Ambers at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Conn004088281634
🇺🇸 Ambers0045100242617

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.

MetricConnRetiredAmbersRetired
World titles1
Professional wins63
Title defences3
Professional bouts76
Fighter of the Year awards1
World title reigns2
Career wins90
Knockouts29
Title fights8
Career bouts111
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%7876
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8690

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Ambers84.9
Conn84.7
The people
Conn
Ambers

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