Who is better, Zárate or Robinson?
Sugar Ray Robinson leads with a GOAT score of 94.3 against 86.1 for Carlos Zárate — a gap of 8.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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GOAT Rank currently ranks Sugar Ray Robinson above Carlos Zárate: 94.3 vs 86.1. Sugar Ray Robinson leads on Longevity, Honours, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →Robinson wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Zárate wins: no category outright
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Robinson leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇽 Zárate | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 57 |
| 🇺🇸 Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 74 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 year periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | ZárateRetired | RobinsonRetired |
|---|---|---|
| World titles | 1 | 6 |
| Professional wins | 66 | — |
| Career knockouts | 63 | — |
| Title defences | 9 | — |
| Professional bouts | 70 | — |
| Career wins | — | 174 |
| Knockouts | — | 109 |
| Unbeaten run | — | 91 |
| Middleweight titles | — | 5 |
| Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 95 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 78 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 82 | 94 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 94 |
Sugar Ray Robinson leads with a GOAT score of 94.3 against 86.1 for Carlos Zárate — a gap of 8.2 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
Zárate does not lead any of the five categories; Robinson is ahead or level on all of them.
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Zárate: 86.1, Robinson: 94.3.
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