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McCarter vs Whitaker

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McCarterWinner
85.3

McCarter wins: Longevity

Whitaker
85.2

Whitaker wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Layla McCarter
85.3

McCarter leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Multi-division champion who campaigned for three-minute rounds in women's boxing.

1. Layla McCarter
85.3
2. Pernell Whitaker
85.2

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. 🇺🇸 Pernell Whitaker5 years played · career day 1,82618 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Layla McCarter5 years played · career day 1,82516 title wins
-11.1% vs Whitaker at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 McCarter00371625
🇺🇸 Whitaker00151431

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.

MetricMcCarterActiveWhitakerRetired
World titles4
Professional wins4240
Professional bouts50
Career span in years27
Career knockouts10
Career losses4
World titles in weight classes4
Olympic golds1
Title defences15
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%9280
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
McCarter85.3
Whitaker85.2
The people
McCarter
Whitaker

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