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Johansson vs McLarnin

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
McLarninWinner
84.6

McLarnin wins: Dominance, Longevity

Johansson
84.5

Johansson wins: Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇪 Jimmy McLarnin
84.6

McLarnin leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Two-time welterweight world champion famed for stopping great lightweights.

1. Jimmy McLarnin
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. 🇮🇪 Jimmy McLarnin5 years played · career day 1,82536 title wins
-88.1% vs Johansson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇸🇪 Johansson004598226658
🇮🇪 McLarnin009173654

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.

MetricJohanssonRetiredMcLarninRetired
World titles12
Career wins26
Knockouts17
European titles1
Career losses2
Professional wins62
Career knockouts20
Professional bouts77
Title fights6
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7278
Honours w20%8682
Statistics w15%8888

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GOAT Rank · the data
McLarnin84.6
Johansson84.5
The people
Johansson
McLarnin

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