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Dempsey vs Inoue

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
InoueWinner
86.3

Inoue wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Dempsey
84.3

Dempsey wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue
86.3

Inoue leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The Monster: undisputed champion at two weights with a near-total knockout ratio.

1. Naoya Inoue
86.3
2. Jack Dempsey
84.3

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. 🇺🇸 Jack Dempsey5 years played · career day 3,28642 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue5 years played · career day 1,82615 title wins
-64.3% vs Dempsey at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Dempsey00002142
🇯🇵 Inoue00371224

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.

MetricDempseyRetiredInoueActive
World titles1
Career wins54
Knockouts44
Title defences5
Million-dollar gates5
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year1
Professional wins31
Career losses0
Wins by knockout27
World titles in weight classes4
Undisputed titles2
Dominance w25%8490
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%7870
Honours w20%8286
Statistics w15%8692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Inoue86.3
Dempsey84.3
The people
Dempsey
Inoue

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