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Donovan vs Harada

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DonovanWinner
85.9

Donovan wins: Longevity

Harada
85.9

Harada wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Mike Donovan
85.9

Donovan leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. American middleweight champion who later taught boxing to Theodore Roosevelt.

1. Mike Donovan
85.9
2. Fighting Harada
85.9

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. 🇯🇵 Fighting Harada5 years played · career day 1,826329 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Mike Donovan5 years played · career day 1,825275 title wins
-16.4% vs Harada at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Donovan004595275582
🇯🇵 Harada0045100242631

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.

MetricDonovanRetiredHaradaRetired
American championship claims1
Career wins22
Career fights35
Seasons active26
Title defences44
World titles in weight classes2
Professional wins55
Knockouts22
Professional bouts62
Dominance w25%8486
Peak w20%9094
Longevity w20%8676
Honours w20%8486
Statistics w15%8688

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Donovan85.9
Harada85.9
The people
Donovan
Harada

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