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Ali vs Pryor

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
PryorWinner
81.5

Pryor wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Ali
73.0

Ali wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Aaron Pryor
81.5

Pryor leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. The Hawk: unbeaten light welterweight champion with wins over Arguello.

1. Aaron Pryor
81.5
2. Laila Ali
73.0

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. 🇺🇸 Aaron Pryor5 years played · career day 1,82628 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Laila Ali5 years played · career day 1,82518 title wins
-35.7% vs Pryor at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ali00261824
🇺🇸 Pryor006132438

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.

MetricAliRetiredPryorRetired
Professional wins2439
Career losses01
Wins by knockout21
World titles41
Title defences810
Knockouts35
Dominance w25%7684
Peak w20%8292
Longevity w20%5868
Honours w20%7078
Statistics w15%8086

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Pryor81.5
Ali73.0
The people
Ali
Pryor

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