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Apostoli vs De La Hoya

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ApostoliWinner
84.1

Apostoli wins: Peak, Statistics

De La Hoya
84.0

De La Hoya wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Fred Apostoli
84.1

Apostoli leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World middleweight champion of the late 1930s.

1. Fred Apostoli
84.1
2. Oscar De La Hoya
84.0

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. 🇺🇸 Oscar De La Hoya5 years played · career day 1,82620 title wins
-93.9% vs Apostoli at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Apostoli0045100327667
🇺🇸 De La Hoya00161732

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.

MetricApostoliRetiredDe La HoyaRetired
World titles1
Career wins61
Knockouts31
Title defences3
Career bouts72
Professional wins39
Career losses6
Wins by knockout30
World titles in weight classes6
Olympic golds1
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9288
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%8882

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GOAT Rank · the data
Apostoli84.1
De La Hoya84.0
The people
Apostoli
De La Hoya

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