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Apostoli vs Nava

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ApostoliWinner
84.1

Apostoli wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Nava
84.1

Nava wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Fred Apostoli
84.1

Apostoli leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. World middleweight champion of the late 1930s.

1. Fred Apostoli
84.1
2. Jackie Nava
84.1

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. 🇺🇸 Fred Apostoli5 years played · career day 1,825327 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇽 Jackie Nava5 years played · career day 1,82517 title wins
-94.8% vs Apostoli at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Apostoli0045100327667
🇲🇽 Nava00371726

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.

MetricApostoliRetiredNavaRetired
World titles13
Career wins61
Knockouts31
Title defences3
Career bouts72
Professional wins40
Career knockouts16
Professional bouts47
Career span in years20
Dominance w25%8280
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7886
Honours w20%8280
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Apostoli84.1
Nava84.1
The people
Apostoli
Nava

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