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Benvenuti vs Saddler

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BenvenutiWinner
85.0

Benvenuti wins: Peak, Honours

Saddler
84.9

Saddler wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇮🇹 Nino Benvenuti
85.0

Benvenuti leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic gold medallist in 1960 and world middleweight champion.

1. Nino Benvenuti
85.0
2. Sandy Saddler
84.9

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. 🇺🇸 Sandy Saddler5 years played · career day 1,82698 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇹 Nino Benvenuti5 years played · career day 2,19140 title wins
-59.2% vs Saddler at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇹 Benvenuti00092753
🇺🇸 Saddler00224684127

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.

MetricBenvenutiRetiredSaddlerRetired
World titles2
Olympic golds1
Professional wins82144
Career knockouts35
Professional bouts90
World titles in weight classes2
Knockouts103
Career losses16
Career bouts162
Dominance w25%8484
Peak w20%9290
Longevity w20%7682
Honours w20%8680
Statistics w15%8890

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GOAT Rank · the data
Benvenuti85.0
Saddler84.9
The people
Benvenuti
Saddler

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