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Cotto vs Elorde

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CottoWinner
87.8

Cotto wins: Peak, Honours

Elorde
87.8

Elorde wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇷 Miguel Cotto
87.8

Cotto leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The first Puerto Rican to win world titles in four weight divisions.

1. Miguel Cotto
87.8
2. Gabriel Elorde
87.8

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. 🇵🇷 Miguel Cotto5 years played · career day 1,825299 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇭 Gabriel Elorde5 years played · career day 1,825250 title wins
-16.4% vs Cotto at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇷 Cotto004597299658
🇵🇭 Elorde004085250543

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.

MetricCottoRetiredElordeRetired
World titles in weight classes4
Professional wins4188
Knockouts3333
World title fights22
Professional bouts47117
World title reign in years7
Title defences10
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%8288
Honours w20%8884
Statistics w15%9090

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GOAT Rank · the data
Cotto87.8
Elorde87.8
The people
Cotto
Elorde

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