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Watson vs Brewster

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BrewsterWinner
78.5

Brewster wins: Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Watson
75.1

Watson wins: no category outright

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Time range

Showing full careers. Pick a window to recalculate the selected period.

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Lamon Brewster
78.5

Brewster leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. WBO heavyweight champion who stopped Wladimir Klitschko in 2004.

1. Lamon Brewster
78.5
2. Michael Watson
75.1

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. 🇺🇸 Lamon Brewster5 years played · career day 1,826304 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Michael Watson5 years played · career day 1,82619 title wins
-93.7% vs Brewster at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Watson00591626
🇺🇸 Brewster0050106234628

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.

MetricWatsonRetiredBrewsterRetired
Commonwealth titles1
Professional wins2535
Knockout wins18
World title fights2
Professional bouts30
World titles won1
Title defences3
Knockouts30
Professional years15
Dominance w25%7272
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%6676
Honours w20%7072
Statistics w15%8286

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Brewster78.5
Watson75.1
The people
Watson
Brewster

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