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Bivins vs Cerdan

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BivinsWinner
85.1

Bivins wins: Longevity, Statistics

Cerdan
85.0

Cerdan wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Jimmy Bivins
85.1

Bivins leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Interim heavyweight and light heavyweight champion during the war years.

1. Jimmy Bivins
85.1
2. Marcel Cerdan
85.0

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. 🇺🇸 Jimmy Bivins5 years played · career day 1,826351 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Marcel Cerdan5 years played · career day 1,82550 title wins
-85.8% vs Bivins at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Bivins0045103256671
🇫🇷 Cerdan008185077

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.

MetricBivinsRetiredCerdanRetired
Career wins86
Knockouts31
Career bouts112
Interim titles2
Wins over world champions5
World titles1
Professional wins111
Career knockouts65
Professional losses4
European titles2
Dominance w25%8286
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8674
Honours w20%7882
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Bivins85.1
Cerdan85.0
The people
Bivins
Cerdan

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