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Wilder vs Zale

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ZaleWinner
83.9

Zale wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Wilder
83.7

Wilder wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Tony Zale
83.9

Zale leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. The Man of Steel: two-time middleweight champion and Graziano's great rival.

1. Tony Zale
83.9
2. Deontay Wilder
83.7

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. 🇺🇸 Tony Zale5 years played · career day 1,82536 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Deontay Wilder5 years played · career day 1,82626 title wins
-27.8% vs Zale at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Wilder004112236
🇺🇸 Zale006143660

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.

MetricWilderActiveZaleRetired
World title defences10
Professional wins4367
Knockouts42
Olympic medals1
Professional bouts5087
World titles2
Career knockouts45
Title fights6
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9092
Longevity w20%8076
Honours w20%8082
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Zale83.9
Wilder83.7
The people
Wilder
Zale

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