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Cocoa Kid vs Taylor

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Cocoa KidWinner
87.6

Cocoa Kid wins: Peak, Longevity, Statistics

Taylor
87.2

Taylor wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Cocoa Kid
87.6

Cocoa Kid leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Murderers' Row welterweight who held the coloured world welterweight title.

1. Cocoa Kid
87.6
2. Katie Taylor
87.2

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. 🇺🇸 Cocoa Kid5 years played · career day 1,825307 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇪 Katie Taylor5 years played · career day 7,30415 title wins
-95.1% vs Cocoa Kid at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Cocoa Kid0050106307653
🇮🇪 Taylor000000

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.

MetricCocoa KidRetiredTaylorActive
Coloured world title reigns2
Career wins16525
Career fights249
Knockouts60
Seasons active20
Olympic golds1
Undisputed reigns2
World amateur titles5
World titles8
European amateur titles6
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%8886
Honours w20%8088
Statistics w15%9486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cocoa Kid87.6
Taylor87.2
The people
Cocoa Kid
Taylor

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