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Golovkin vs Pep

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GolovkinWinner
89.9

Golovkin wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Pep
89.8

Pep wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇿 Gennadiy Golovkin
89.9

Golovkin leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Unified middleweight champion with 21 title defences and a 91% knockout rate at his peak.

1. Gennadiy Golovkin
89.9
2. Willie Pep
89.8

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. 🇺🇸 Willie Pep5 years played · career day 1,82694 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇰🇿 Gennadiy Golovkin5 years played · career day 1,82517 title wins
-81.9% vs Pep at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇰🇿 Golovkin00481729
🇺🇸 Pep00163776147

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.

MetricGolovkinRetiredPepRetired
World title defences21
Professional wins42229
Knockouts37
Olympic medals1
Professional losses2
Career losses11
Wins by knockout65
World titles2
Title defences12
Dominance w25%9088
Peak w20%9490
Longevity w20%8694
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Golovkin89.9
Pep89.8
The people
Golovkin
Pep

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