Who is better, Fitzsimmons or Abel?
Bob Fitzsimmons leads with a cross-sport score of 86.5 against 83.5 for Bobby Abel — a gap of 3.0 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Fitzsimmons vs Abel
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Bob Fitzsimmons above Bobby Abel: 86.5 vs 83.5. Bob Fitzsimmons leads on Honours, Dominance. Bobby Abel leads on Statistics, Longevity.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Cross-sport verdictgoatrank.world
FitzsimmonsWinner
86.5Fitzsimmons wins: Dominance, Honours
Abel
83.5Abel wins: Longevity, Statistics
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Verdict
Cross-sport GOAT score
🇬🇧 Bob Fitzsimmons
86.5
90.1 in-sport × 0.96 Global participation & competition depth
Fitzsimmons leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Bob Fitzsimmonsdepth ×0.96
2. Bobby Abeldepth ×0.94
Category breakdown
Season form · season output
Career timeline · season output
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · season output1. 🇬🇧 Bobby Abel5 seasons played · career day 1,825268 output
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Bob Fitzsimmons5 seasons played · career day 4,38219 output
-92.9% vs Abel at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Fitzsimmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 🇬🇧 Abel | 0 | 0 | 45 | 94 | 268 | 559 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | FitzsimmonsRetired | AbelRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 86 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 94 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 90 |
| Honours w20% | 90 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 88 | 94 |
| World titles in divisions | 3 | — |
| Professional wins | 68 | — |
| Career knockouts | 59 | — |
| Professional bouts | 92 | — |
| Career span in years | 31 | — |
| First-class runs | — | 33,124 |
| First-class centuries | — | 74 |
| Highest score | — | 357 |
| Test runs | — | 744 |
| Seasons played | — | 24 |
Fan vote — data vs the people
GOAT Rank · the data
Fitzsimmons86.5
Abel83.5
FAQ
Where does Abel beat Fitzsimmons?
Abel scores higher on statistics, longevity. Fitzsimmons leads on dominance, honours.
How can athletes from different sports be compared?
Each in-sport GOAT score is multiplied by Competition Depth: Fitzsimmons 0.96 (boxing) and Abel 0.94 (cricket). Deeper, more global sports keep more of their score.
What do you think?
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