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Carney vs Zárate

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CarneyWinner
86.3

Carney wins: Longevity, Honours

Zárate
86.1

Zárate wins: Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇬🇧 Jem Carney
86.3

Carney leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Bare-knuckle lightweight champion of England who fought Jack McAuliffe to a 74-round draw.

1. Jem Carney
86.3
2. Carlos Zárate
86.1

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.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇬🇧 Jem Carney5 years played · career day 1,826307 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇲🇽 Carlos Zárate5 years played · career day 1,82539 title wins
-87.3% vs Carney at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Carney0050106234653
🇲🇽 Zárate007163957

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.

MetricCarneyRetiredZárateRetired
Career wins27
Championship claims1
Longest fight in rounds74
Career fights33
Knockouts15
World titles1
Professional wins66
Career knockouts63
Title defences9
Professional bouts70
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8278
Honours w20%8482
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Carney86.3
Zárate86.1
The people
Carney
Zárate

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