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González vs Cotto

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GonzálezWinner
87.8

González wins: Dominance, Statistics

Cotto
87.8

Cotto wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇲🇽 Humberto González
87.8

González leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Unified light flyweight champion and a three-time titleholder.

1. Humberto González
87.8
2. Miguel Cotto
87.8

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. 🇲🇽 Humberto González5 years played · career day 1,826301 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇷 Miguel Cotto5 years played · career day 1,825299 title wins
-0.7% vs González at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇲🇽 González004598226653
🇵🇷 Cotto004597299658

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.

MetricGonzálezRetiredCottoRetired
World title reigns3
Title defences12
Career wins43
Knockouts3133
Undisputed titles1
World titles in weight classes4
Professional wins41
World title fights22
Professional bouts47
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%7882
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
González87.8
Cotto87.8
The people
González
Cotto

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