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McGirt vs Mosley

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MosleyWinner
83.4

Mosley wins: Dominance, Honours

McGirt
83.2

McGirt wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Shane Mosley
83.4

Mosley leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Sugar Shane: world titles at lightweight, welterweight and light middleweight.

1. Shane Mosley
83.4
2. Buddy McGirt
83.2

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. 🇺🇸 Buddy McGirt5 years played · career day 1,82538 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Shane Mosley5 years played · career day 1,82525 title wins
-34.2% vs McGirt at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 McGirt008173856
🇺🇸 Mosley005112537

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.

MetricMcGirtRetiredMosleyRetired
World titles won2
Professional wins7349
Knockout wins48
Professional losses6
Weight classes with world titles2
World titles in weight classes3
Knockouts41
Career losses10
Lightweight title defences8
Dominance w25%7880
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8484
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8684

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GOAT Rank · the data
Mosley83.4
McGirt83.2
The people
McGirt
Mosley

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