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Armstrong vs Leonard

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ArmstrongWinner
88.8

Armstrong wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Leonard
88.2

Leonard 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. Sugar Ray Leonard
88.2

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. 🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Leonard5 years played · career day 1,82529 title wins
-64.6% vs Armstrong at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Armstrong00002694
🇺🇸 Leonard005142933

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.

MetricArmstrongRetiredLeonardRetired
World titles35
Simultaneous world titles3
Career wins15136
Knockouts10125
Title defences19
Wins in 193727
Olympic golds1
Weight divisions5
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year3
Dominance w25%9088
Peak w20%9493
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9088

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Armstrong88.8
Leonard88.2
The people
Armstrong
Leonard

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