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Cotto vs Ali

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AliWinner
94.1

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

Cotto
37.3

Cotto wins: no category outright

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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. Miguel Cotto
37.3

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 Cotto — 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.

MetricCottoRetiredAliRetired
The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year1
WBO World Junior Middleweight Champion1
WBO World Welterweight Champion1
WBO World Junior Welterweight Champion1
International Boxing Hall of Fame1
WBC World Middleweight Champion1
WBA World Super Welterweight Champion1
WBA World Welterweight Champion1
Professional record (wins)56
Losses5
Heavyweight title reigns3
Title bouts won22
Olympic gold1
Dominance w25%38.496
Peak w20%40.498
Longevity w20%28.890
Honours w20%4795
Statistics w15%29.890

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