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Marshall vs Liston

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ListonWinner
81.1

Liston wins: Dominance, Longevity

Marshall
81.0

Marshall wins: Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sonny Liston
81.1

Liston leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Feared heavyweight champion who twice demolished Floyd Patterson.

1. Sonny Liston
81.1
2. Savannah Marshall
81.0

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. 🇺🇸 Sonny Liston5 years played · career day 3,65115 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇬🇧 Savannah Marshall5 years played · career day 1,82512 title wins
-20.0% vs Liston at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇬🇧 Marshall00361216
🇺🇸 Liston0000013

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.

MetricMarshallActiveListonRetired
Amateur world titles1
Professional world titles2
Professional wins1350
Knockouts1039
Professional losses1
World heavyweight titles1
Career losses4
First-round title knockouts2
Dominance w25%8082
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7074
Honours w20%8276
Statistics w15%8484

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Liston81.1
Marshall81.0
The people
Marshall
Liston

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