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Morales vs Adams

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AdamsWinner
85.7

Adams wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Morales
83.8

Morales wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Nicola Adams
85.7

Adams leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. First woman to win Olympic boxing gold, in London 2012, and again in 2016.

1. Nicola Adams
85.7
2. Erik Morales
83.8

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. 🇬🇧 Nicola Adams5 years played · career day 4,38226 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇽 Erik Morales5 years played · career day 2,19024 title wins
-7.7% vs Adams at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇲🇽 Morales00052033
🇬🇧 Adams000007

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.

MetricMoralesRetiredAdamsRetired
World titles in weight classes4
Professional wins52
Knockouts36
World title fights27
Career losses9
Olympic golds2
World Championship medals3
Commonwealth golds1
European titles1
Professional record wins5
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%8484

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Adams85.7
Morales83.8
The people
Morales
Adams

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