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Johansson vs Basilio

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BasilioWinner
84.6

Basilio wins: Longevity

Johansson
84.5

Johansson wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Carmen Basilio
84.6

Basilio leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Welterweight and middleweight champion, twice Fighter of the Year.

1. Carmen Basilio
84.6
2. Ingemar Johansson
84.5

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. 🇸🇪 Ingemar Johansson5 years played · career day 1,826302 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Carmen Basilio5 years played · career day 1,826262 title wins
-13.2% vs Johansson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Johansson004598226658
🇺🇸 Basilio004086197584

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.

MetricJohanssonRetiredBasilioRetired
World titles1
Career wins26
Knockouts1727
European titles1
Career losses2
World titles in weight classes2
Fighter of the Year awards2
Professional wins56
Professional bouts79
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7280
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Basilio84.6
Johansson84.5
The people
Johansson
Basilio

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