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Taylor vs Judah

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TaylorWinner
82.8

Taylor wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

Judah
82.7

Judah wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jermain Taylor
82.8

Taylor leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Undisputed middleweight champion after beating Bernard Hopkins in 2005.

1. Jermain Taylor
82.8
2. Zab Judah
82.7

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. 🇺🇸 Zab Judah5 years played · career day 1,82623 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Jermain Taylor5 years played · career day 1,82521 title wins
-8.7% vs Judah at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Taylor005102129
🇺🇸 Judah006112033

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.

MetricTaylorRetiredJudahRetired
Undisputed titles11
World titles won4
Professional wins3344
Knockout wins20
Olympic medals1
World titles in divisions2
Career knockouts30
Professional bouts55
Dominance w25%7876
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7886
Honours w20%8278
Statistics w15%8686

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Taylor82.8
Judah82.7
The people
Taylor
Judah

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