GGOATRANK
AthletesTeams

LaBarba vs Porter

Shareable comparison — send this exact matchup to anyone.

GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
LaBarbaWinner
80.8

LaBarba wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Porter
80.8

Porter wins: Longevity, Statistics

Candidates
Locked to Boxing

Shareable URL · /compare/fidel-labarba-vs-shawn-porter

Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

Category radar

Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Fidel LaBarba
80.8

LaBarba leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic flyweight gold medallist in 1924 who turned professional and won the world title.

1. Fidel LaBarba
80.8
2. Shawn Porter
80.8

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. 🇺🇸 Fidel LaBarba5 years played · career day 1,826366 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Shawn Porter5 years played · career day 1,82620 title wins
-94.5% vs LaBarba at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 LaBarba0045107282585
🇺🇸 Porter00491729

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.

MetricLaBarbaRetiredPorterRetired
Olympic gold medals1
World titles1
Professional wins7331
Professional bouts100
Title fights4
World titles won2
Knockout wins17
Professional losses4
World title fights8
Dominance w25%8076
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7080
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%8084

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
LaBarba80.8
Porter80.8
The people
LaBarba
Porter

Loading votes

Create a free account to vote and comment.

Sign in to vote

What do you think?

0 comments

Make your case for LaBarba vs Porter. The scoring is published in full — if you can point at the pillar or the weight you disagree with, we read it. Read the methodology paper.

More debates

Browse the rivalry hub →