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Canelo vs Hopkins

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CaneloWinner
88.2

Canelo wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Hopkins
88.2

Hopkins wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇲🇽 Canelo Álvarez
88.2

Canelo leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Undisputed super middleweight champion and world titles in four divisions.

1. Canelo Álvarez
88.2
2. Bernard Hopkins
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. 🇲🇽 Canelo Álvarez5 years played · career day 3,65117 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Bernard Hopkins5 years played · career day 3,65217 title wins
0.0% vs Canelo at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇲🇽 Canelo0000015
🇺🇸 Hopkins0000014

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.

MetricCaneloActiveHopkinsRetired
Undisputed reigns11
World titles164
Weight divisions4
Career wins6355
Knockouts3932
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year2
Title defences20
Oldest world champion (age)49
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8896
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%9088

Fan vote — data vs the people

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

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