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Leonard vs Taylor

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LeonardWinner
88.2

Leonard wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

Taylor
87.2

Taylor wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Leonard
88.2

Leonard leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Olympic gold and world titles in five divisions across the golden 1980s.

1. Sugar Ray Leonard
88.2
2. Katie Taylor
87.2

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 Leonard5 years played · career day 1,82529 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇮🇪 Katie Taylor5 years played · career day 7,30415 title wins
-48.3% vs Leonard at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Leonard005142933
🇮🇪 Taylor000000

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.

MetricLeonardRetiredTaylorActive
World titles58
Olympic golds11
Career wins3625
Knockouts25
Weight divisions5
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year3
Undisputed reigns2
World amateur titles5
European amateur titles6
Dominance w25%8886
Peak w20%9390
Longevity w20%8486
Honours w20%8888
Statistics w15%8886

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Leonard88.2
Taylor87.2
The people
Leonard
Taylor

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