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Schmeling vs Inoue

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SchmelingWinner
86.3

Schmeling wins: Longevity

Inoue
86.3

Inoue wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Max Schmeling
86.3

Schmeling leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. World heavyweight champion 1930-32 and the first man to beat Joe Louis.

1. Max Schmeling
86.3
2. Naoya Inoue
86.3

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. 🇩🇪 Max Schmeling5 years played · career day 1,82635 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Naoya Inoue5 years played · career day 1,82615 title wins
-57.1% vs Schmeling at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇩🇪 Schmeling008173047
🇯🇵 Inoue00371224

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.

MetricSchmelingRetiredInoueActive
World heavyweight titles1
Professional wins5631
Knockouts40
Professional bouts70
European titles2
Career losses0
Wins by knockout27
World titles in weight classes4
Undisputed titles2
Dominance w25%8490
Peak w20%9294
Longevity w20%8670
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8692

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GOAT Rank · the data
Schmeling86.3
Inoue86.3
The people
Schmeling
Inoue

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