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Quartey vs Byrd

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ByrdWinner
81.8

Byrd wins: Longevity, Statistics

Quartey
81.6

Quartey wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Chris Byrd
81.8

Byrd leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Southpaw technician who won two heavyweight world titles and an Olympic silver.

1. Chris Byrd
81.8
2. Ike Quartey
81.6

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. 🇺🇸 Chris Byrd5 years played · career day 1,825308 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇭 Ike Quartey5 years played · career day 1,82623 title wins
-92.5% vs Byrd at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇭 Quartey006111933
🇺🇸 Byrd0052110308638

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.

MetricQuarteyRetiredByrdRetired
World titles1
Title defences75
Professional wins3741
Career knockouts31
Professional bouts42
World titles won2
Olympic medals1
Professional years17
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8082
Honours w20%7676
Statistics w15%8688

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GOAT Rank · the data
Byrd81.8
Quartey81.6
The people
Quartey
Byrd

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