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Fullmer vs Nápoles

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
FullmerWinner
86.1

Fullmer wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Nápoles
85.9

Nápoles wins: Dominance, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Gene Fullmer
86.1

Fullmer leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time world middleweight champion who beat Sugar Ray Robinson.

1. Gene Fullmer
86.1
2. José Nápoles
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. 🇺🇸 Gene Fullmer5 years played · career day 1,825298 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇽 José Nápoles5 years played · career day 1,82538 title wins
-87.2% vs Fullmer at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Fullmer004597298647
🇲🇽 Nápoles008173856

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.

MetricFullmerRetiredNápolesRetired
World titles22
Career wins55
Title defences713
Knockouts2454
Career bouts64
Professional wins77
Career losses7
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8084
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%9088

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GOAT Rank · the data
Fullmer86.1
Nápoles85.9
The people
Fullmer
Nápoles

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