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St. John vs Norton

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
St. JohnWinner
82.2

St. John wins: Longevity, Statistics

Norton
82.2

Norton wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Mia St. John
82.2

St. John leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Won the IBA light welterweight title and helped popularise women's boxing.

1. Mia St. John
82.2
2. Ken Norton
82.2

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. 🇺🇸 Mia St. John5 years played · career day 1,825285 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Ken Norton5 years played · career day 1,82523 title wins
-91.9% vs St. John at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 St. John004596285617
🇺🇸 Norton005112334

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.

MetricSt. JohnRetiredNortonRetired
World title reigns1
Career wins49
Career fights61
Knockouts1833
Seasons active20
World heavyweight titles1
Professional wins42
Fights with Muhammad Ali3
Professional bouts50
Dominance w25%7680
Peak w20%8690
Longevity w20%8880
Honours w20%7678
Statistics w15%8884

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
St. John82.2
Norton82.2
The people
St. John
Norton

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