Cocoa Kid vs Robinson
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Robinson wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours
Cocoa Kid wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Robinson leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Pound-for-pound the standard everyone else is measured against.
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| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Cocoa Kid | 0 | 0 | 50 | 106 | 307 | 653 |
| 🇺🇸 Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 74 |
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.
| Metric | Cocoa KidRetired | RobinsonRetired |
|---|---|---|
| Coloured world title reigns | 2 | — |
| Career wins | 165 | 174 |
| Career fights | 249 | — |
| Knockouts | 60 | 109 |
| Seasons active | 20 | — |
| World titles | — | 6 |
| Unbeaten run | — | 91 |
| Middleweight titles | — | 5 |
| Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year | — | 2 |
| Dominance w25% | 86 | 95 |
| Peak w20% | 92 | 96 |
| Longevity w20% | 88 | 92 |
| Honours w20% | 80 | 94 |
| Statistics w15% | 94 | 94 |
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