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Armstrong vs Robinson

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RobinsonWinner
94.3

Robinson wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Armstrong
88.8

Armstrong wins: no category outright

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Time range

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Robinson
94.3

Robinson leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Pound-for-pound the standard everyone else is measured against.

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
94.3
2. Henry Armstrong
88.8

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. 🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Robinson5 years played · career day 2,92162 title wins
-24.4% vs Armstrong at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Armstrong00002694
🇺🇸 Robinson00001474

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.

MetricArmstrongRetiredRobinsonRetired
World titles36
Simultaneous world titles3
Career wins151174
Knockouts101109
Title defences19
Wins in 193727
Unbeaten run91
Middleweight titles5
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year2
Dominance w25%9095
Peak w20%9496
Longevity w20%8292
Honours w20%8894
Statistics w15%9094

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Robinson94.3
Armstrong88.8
The people
Armstrong
Robinson

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