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Elorde vs Cotto

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ElordeWinner
87.8

Elorde wins: Longevity

Cotto
87.8

Cotto wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇭 Gabriel Elorde
87.8

Elorde leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Held the junior lightweight championship for more than seven years.

1. Gabriel Elorde
87.8
2. Miguel Cotto
87.8

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. 🇵🇷 Miguel Cotto5 years played · career day 1,825299 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇭 Gabriel Elorde5 years played · career day 1,825250 title wins
-16.4% vs Cotto at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇭 Elorde004085250543
🇵🇷 Cotto004597299658

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.

MetricElordeRetiredCottoRetired
World title reign in years7
Title defences10
Professional wins8841
Knockouts3333
Professional bouts11747
World titles in weight classes4
World title fights22
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8882
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Elorde87.8
Cotto87.8
The people
Elorde
Cotto

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