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Shavers vs Couch

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CouchWinner
80.7

Couch wins: Honours

Shavers
80.6

Shavers wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jane Couch
80.7

Couch leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. Won the legal case that licensed women's boxing in Britain.

1. Jane Couch
80.7
2. Earnie Shavers
80.6

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. 🇺🇸 Earnie Shavers5 years played · career day 1,82545 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jane Couch5 years played · career day 1,82517 title wins
-62.2% vs Shavers at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Shavers0011214563
🇬🇧 Couch00371726

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.

MetricShaversRetiredCouchRetired
Career knockouts68
Professional wins7428
World title fights2
Professional bouts8939
Career span in years2614
World titles won5
Knockout wins11
Dominance w25%7674
Peak w20%9088
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%6878
Statistics w15%8884

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Couch80.7
Shavers80.6
The people
Shavers
Couch

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