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Booker vs McCarter

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BookerWinner
85.4

Booker wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

McCarter
85.3

McCarter wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Eddie Booker
85.4

Booker leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Murderers' Row middleweight who was never beaten by a fellow Black contender.

1. Eddie Booker
85.4
2. Layla McCarter
85.3

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. 🇺🇸 Eddie Booker5 years played · career day 1,825327 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Layla McCarter5 years played · career day 1,82516 title wins
-95.1% vs Booker at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Booker0050108327652
🇺🇸 McCarter00371625

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.

MetricBookerRetiredMcCarterActive
Career wins64
Career losses8
California state titles1
Draws with Charley Burley2
Seasons active10
World titles4
Professional wins42
Professional bouts50
Career span in years27
Career knockouts10
Dominance w25%8880
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7892
Honours w20%7880
Statistics w15%9286

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Booker85.4
McCarter85.3
The people
Booker
McCarter

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