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Rigondeaux vs Tszyu

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RigondeauxWinner
85.9

Rigondeaux wins: Longevity, Honours

Tszyu
85.9

Tszyu wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇺 Guillermo Rigondeaux
85.9

Rigondeaux leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two Olympic golds as an amateur and a unified super bantamweight champion.

1. Guillermo Rigondeaux
85.9
2. Kostya Tszyu
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. 🇦🇺 Kostya Tszyu5 years played · career day 1,82622 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇺 Guillermo Rigondeaux5 years played · career day 1,82515 title wins
-31.8% vs Tszyu at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇺 Rigondeaux00371521
🇦🇺 Tszyu006111930

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.

MetricRigondeauxActiveTszyuRetired
Olympic golds2
Amateur world titles2
Professional wins2131
World title fights12
Knockouts1425
Undisputed titles1
Career losses2
Title defences10
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8078
Honours w20%8886
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Rigondeaux85.9
Tszyu85.9
The people
Rigondeaux
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