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Couch vs Martin

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CouchWinner
80.7

Couch wins: Peak, Honours, Statistics

Martin
80.7

Martin wins: Dominance, Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jane Couch
80.7

Couch leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won the legal case that licensed women's boxing in Britain.

1. Jane Couch
80.7
2. Christy Martin
80.7

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. 🇺🇸 Christy Martin5 years played · career day 1,82524 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Jane Couch5 years played · career day 1,82517 title wins
-29.2% vs Martin at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Couch00371726
🇺🇸 Martin00492438

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.

MetricCouchRetiredMartinRetired
World titles won5
Professional wins2849
Knockout wins11
Professional bouts39
Career span in years14
World titles2
Knockouts31
Career losses7
Career bouts59
Dominance w25%7478
Peak w20%8886
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%8480

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Couch80.7
Martin80.7
The people
Couch
Martin

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