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Dempsey vs Kovalev

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KovalevWinner
86.9

Kovalev wins: Statistics

Dempsey
86.8

Dempsey wins: Dominance

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇷🇺 Sergey Kovalev
86.9

Kovalev leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Krusher who unified three light heavyweight belts and made nine defences.

1. Sergey Kovalev
86.9
2. Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
86.8

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.

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Career stage · GOAT pace

Through year 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇷🇺 Sergey Kovalev5 years played · career day 1,825400 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇪 Nonpareil Jack Dempsey5 years played · career day 2,19142 title wins
-89.5% vs Kovalev at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇮🇪 Dempsey00083557
🇷🇺 Kovalev0068142400752

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.

MetricDempseyRetiredKovalevRetired
World titles won13
Professional wins5034
Knockout wins25
World title defences5
Professional bouts68
Title defences9
Knockouts29
Unification wins2
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%8080
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8892

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GOAT Rank · the data
Kovalev86.9
Dempsey86.8
The people
Dempsey
Kovalev

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