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Carroll vs Ali

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AliWinner
94.1

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

Carroll
23.7

Carroll wins: no category outright

🇺🇸 Ted Carroll🇺🇸 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. Ted Carroll
23.7

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 Carroll — 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.

MetricCarrollRetiredAliRetired
International Boxing Hall of Fame1—
Professional record (wins)—56
Losses—5
Heavyweight title reigns—3
Title bouts won—22
Olympic gold—1
Dominance w25%2496
Peak w20%2698
Longevity w20%19.690
Honours w20%27.495
Statistics w15%20.690
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GOAT Rank · the data
Ali94.1
Carroll23.7
The people
Carroll—
Ali—

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