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DeGale vs Rijker

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DeGaleWinner
79.9

DeGale wins: Longevity, Honours

Rijker
79.1

Rijker wins: Dominance, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 James DeGale
79.9

DeGale leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic gold medallist in 2008 and later IBF super middleweight champion.

1. James DeGale
79.9
2. Lucia Rijker
79.1

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇬🇧 James DeGale5 years played · career day 1,82519 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Lucia Rijker5 years played · career day 1,82614 title wins
-26.3% vs DeGale at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 DeGale00491927
🇳🇱 Rijker00371217

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.

MetricDeGaleRetiredRijkerRetired
Olympic golds1
World titles won1
Professional wins25
Knockout wins15
Professional losses3
Professional boxing wins17
Boxing losses0
Knockouts14
Kickboxing record wins37
Kickboxing world titles4
Dominance w25%7484
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7462
Honours w20%8074
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
DeGale79.9
Rijker79.1
The people
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