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Armstrong vs Foreman

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ArmstrongWinner
88.8

Armstrong wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Foreman
85.8

Foreman wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Henry Armstrong
88.8

Armstrong leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Held world titles in three divisions simultaneously in 1938.

1. Henry Armstrong
88.8
2. George Foreman
85.8

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. 🇺🇸 Henry Armstrong5 years played · career day 2,92182 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 George Foreman5 years played · career day 2,55640 title wins
-51.2% vs Armstrong at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Armstrong00002694
🇺🇸 Foreman00003244

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.

MetricArmstrongRetiredForemanRetired
World titles33
Simultaneous world titles3
Career wins15176
Knockouts10168
Title defences19
Wins in 193727
Olympic golds1
Years between title reigns20
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year2
Dominance w25%9082
Peak w20%9488
Longevity w20%8292
Honours w20%8882
Statistics w15%9086

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Armstrong88.8
Foreman85.8
The people
Armstrong
Foreman

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