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Jeffries vs Corbett

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CorbettWinner
88.0

Corbett wins: Longevity

Jeffries
87.9

Jeffries wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Young Corbett III
88.0

Corbett leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. World welterweight and middleweight champion across two decades.

1. Young Corbett III
88.0
2. James J. Jeffries
87.9

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. 🇺🇸 James J. Jeffries5 years played · career day 1,825346 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Young Corbett III5 years played · career day 1,825265 title wins
-23.4% vs Jeffries at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Jeffries0050110346686
🇺🇸 Corbett004594265547

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.

MetricJeffriesRetiredCorbettRetired
World title defences7
Career wins18126
Knockouts1534
Losses as champion0
Years as champion6
World titles in two divisions2
Career bouts158
Fighter of the Year awards1
Dominance w25%9084
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%7490
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9292

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GOAT Rank · the data
Corbett88.0
Jeffries87.9
The people
Jeffries
Corbett

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