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DeGale vs LaMotta

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LaMottaWinner
80.2

LaMotta wins: Dominance, Longevity

DeGale
79.9

DeGale wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jake LaMotta
80.2

LaMotta leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. The Raging Bull: middleweight champion and first to beat Sugar Ray Robinson.

1. Jake LaMotta
80.2
2. James DeGale
79.9

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. 🇬🇧 James DeGale5 years played · career day 1,82519 title wins
-65.5% vs LaMotta at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 DeGale00491927
🇺🇸 LaMotta0011245581

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.

MetricDeGaleRetiredLaMottaRetired
Olympic golds1
World titles won1
Professional wins2583
Knockout wins15
Professional losses3
World titles1
Knockouts30
Career bouts106
Times knocked out1
Dominance w25%7478
Peak w20%9086
Longevity w20%7482
Honours w20%8074
Statistics w15%8482

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GOAT Rank · the data
LaMotta80.2
DeGale79.9
The people
DeGale
LaMotta

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