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Canizales vs Armstrong

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ArmstrongWinner
88.8

Armstrong wins: Dominance, Honours

Canizales
88.6

Canizales wins: Longevity, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Henry Armstrong
88.8

Armstrong leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Held world titles in three divisions simultaneously in 1938.

1. Henry Armstrong
88.8
2. Orlando Canizales
88.6

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. 🇺🇸 Orlando Canizales5 years played · career day 1,826291 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Henry Armstrong5 years played · career day 2,92182 title wins
-71.8% vs Canizales at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Canizales004597220641
🇺🇸 Armstrong00002694

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.

MetricCanizalesRetiredArmstrongRetired
Title defences1619
Career wins50151
Knockouts37101
World title reigns1
Career bouts56
World titles3
Simultaneous world titles3
Wins in 193727
Dominance w25%8890
Peak w20%9494
Longevity w20%8482
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9290

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GOAT Rank · the data
Armstrong88.8
Canizales88.6
The people
Canizales
Armstrong

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