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Hagler vs Olivares

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
HaglerWinner
85.4

Hagler wins: Honours

Olivares
85.3

Olivares wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
85.4

Hagler leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Twelve middleweight title defences and the greatest three rounds ever, against Hearns.

1. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
85.4
2. Rubén Olivares
85.3

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. 🇲🇽 Rubén Olivares5 years played · career day 1,82560 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Marvelous Marvin Hagler5 years played · career day 2,19031 title wins
-48.3% vs Olivares at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Hagler00092741
🇲🇽 Olivares0014306082

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.

MetricHaglerRetiredOlivaresRetired
World titles1
Title defences12
Career wins62
Knockouts5278
Undisputed reigns1
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year2
World titles in weight classes2
Professional wins89
Career bouts104
Career losses13
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%8284
Honours w20%8480
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Hagler85.4
Olivares85.3
The people
Hagler
Olivares

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