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LaMotta vs Spinks

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SpinksWinner
83.1

Spinks wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

LaMotta
80.2

LaMotta wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Michael Spinks
83.1

Spinks leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Undisputed light heavyweight king who beat Larry Holmes for the heavyweight title.

1. Michael Spinks
83.1
2. Jake LaMotta
80.2

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. 🇺🇸 Jake LaMotta5 years played · career day 1,82555 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Michael Spinks5 years played · career day 1,82519 title wins
-65.5% vs LaMotta at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 LaMotta0011245581
🇺🇸 Spinks00491927

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.

MetricLaMottaRetiredSpinksRetired
World titles1
Professional wins8331
Knockouts30
Career bouts106
Times knocked out1
Undisputed titles1
World titles in weight classes2
Career losses1
Title defences10
Dominance w25%7884
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%8272
Honours w20%7484
Statistics w15%8286

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GOAT Rank · the data
Spinks83.1
LaMotta80.2
The people
LaMotta
Spinks

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