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Johnson vs Nelson

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JohnsonWinner
88.4

Johnson wins: Longevity, Statistics

Nelson
88.4

Nelson wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Harold Johnson
88.4

Johnson leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. World light heavyweight champion with 76 career wins.

1. Harold Johnson
88.4
2. Azumah Nelson
88.4

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. 🇺🇸 Harold Johnson5 years played · career day 1,825262 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇭 Azumah Nelson5 years played · career day 1,82526 title wins
-90.1% vs Johnson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Johnson004594262537
🇬🇭 Nelson008142636

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.

MetricJohnsonRetiredNelsonRetired
World titles1
Career wins76
Knockouts3228
Title defences313
Career bouts87
World titles in weight classes2
Professional wins39
Career losses6
Dominance w25%8488
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%9286
Honours w20%8488
Statistics w15%9288

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GOAT Rank · the data
Johnson88.4
Nelson88.4
The people
Johnson
Nelson

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