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Marciano vs Robinson

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RobinsonWinner
94.3

Robinson wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics

Marciano
86.3

Marciano wins: no category outright

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Robinson
94.3

Robinson leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories. Pound-for-pound the standard everyone else is measured against.

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
94.3
2. Rocky Marciano
86.3

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. 🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Robinson5 years played · career day 2,92162 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Rocky Marciano5 years played · career day 2,19140 title wins
-35.5% vs Robinson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Marciano000113647
🇺🇸 Robinson00001474

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.

MetricMarcianoRetiredRobinsonRetired
World titles16
Career wins49174
Career defeats0
Knockouts43109
Title defences6
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year22
Unbeaten run91
Middleweight titles5
Dominance w25%8895
Peak w20%9296
Longevity w20%7492
Honours w20%8894
Statistics w15%9094

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Robinson94.3
Marciano86.3
The people
Marciano
Robinson

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