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Harada vs Donovan

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HaradaWinner
85.9

Harada wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Donovan
85.9

Donovan wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Fighting Harada
85.9

Harada leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World champion at flyweight and bantamweight, with four bantamweight defences.

1. Fighting Harada
85.9
2. Mike Donovan
85.9

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. 🇯🇵 Fighting Harada5 years played · career day 1,826329 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Mike Donovan5 years played · career day 1,825275 title wins
-16.4% vs Harada at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Harada0045100242631
🇺🇸 Donovan004595275582

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.

MetricHaradaRetiredDonovanRetired
World titles in weight classes2
Title defences44
Professional wins55
Knockouts22
Professional bouts62
American championship claims1
Career wins22
Career fights35
Seasons active26
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%7686
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Harada85.9
Donovan85.9
The people
Harada
Donovan

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