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Ketchel vs Trinidad

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KetchelWinner
83.5

Ketchel wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Trinidad
83.5

Trinidad wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Stanley Ketchel
83.5

Ketchel leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The Michigan Assassin, middleweight champion and one of boxing's fiercest punchers.

1. Stanley Ketchel
83.5
2. Félix Trinidad
83.5

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. 🇺🇸 Stanley Ketchel5 years played · career day 1,825358 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇵🇷 Félix Trinidad5 years played · career day 1,82519 title wins
-94.7% vs Ketchel at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Ketchel0045103358536
🇵🇷 Trinidad00591929

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.

MetricKetchelRetiredTrinidadRetired
World titles1
Professional wins5242
Knockouts4935
Professional bouts64
Title fights8
World titles in weight classes3
Welterweight title defences15
Career losses3
Dominance w25%8884
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%6276
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%9086

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GOAT Rank · the data
Ketchel83.5
Trinidad83.5
The people
Ketchel
Trinidad

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