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Apostoli vs Ali

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AliWinner
94.1

Ali wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Apostoli
30.9

Apostoli wins: no category outright

🇺🇸 Fred Apostoli🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali
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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali
94.1

Ali leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. The Greatest: three-time heavyweight champion and a global cultural force.

1. Muhammad Ali
94.1
2. Fred Apostoli
30.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

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Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Muhammad Ali294 title wins
4 seasons by age 21 · 73.5 per season

Setting the pace at age 21

No verified birth date for Apostoli — shown in the pro-debut view instead.

Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.

MetricApostoliRetiredAliRetired
International Boxing Hall of Fame1—
The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year1—
Professional record (wins)—56
Losses—5
Heavyweight title reigns—3
Title bouts won—22
Olympic gold—1
Dominance w25%31.496
Peak w20%33.498
Longevity w20%25.690
Honours w20%36.295
Statistics w15%26.690
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GOAT Rank · the data
Ali94.1
Apostoli30.9
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Ali—

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