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Buchanan vs Carbajal

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BuchananWinner
83.9

Buchanan wins: Longevity

Carbajal
83.9

Carbajal wins: Dominance, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ken Buchanan
83.9

Buchanan leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Undisputed lightweight champion and Fighter of the Year in 1970.

1. Ken Buchanan
83.9
2. Michael Carbajal
83.9

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇺🇸 Michael Carbajal5 years played · career day 1,825327 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ken Buchanan5 years played · career day 1,825293 title wins
-10.4% vs Carbajal at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Buchanan004089293649
🇺🇸 Carbajal0045100327626

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.

MetricBuchananRetiredCarbajalRetired
Undisputed world titles1
Professional wins6149
Knockouts2733
British titles1
Fighter of the Year awards1
World titles4
Olympic silver medals1
Title defences12
Dominance w25%8284
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8074
Honours w20%8284
Statistics w15%8486

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GOAT Rank · the data
Buchanan83.9
Carbajal83.9
The people
Buchanan
Carbajal

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