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Robinson vs Louis

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RobinsonWinner
94.3

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

Louis
91.4

Louis wins: no category outright

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Time range

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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. Joe Louis
91.4

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. 🇺🇸 Joe Louis5 years played · career day 2,19034 title wins
-45.2% vs Robinson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
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🇺🇸 Louis000133048

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.

MetricRobinsonRetiredLouisRetired
World titles61
Career wins17466
Knockouts10952
Unbeaten run91
Middleweight titles5
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year24
Title defences25
Years as champion12
Dominance w25%9592
Peak w20%9693
Longevity w20%9288
Honours w20%9492
Statistics w15%9492

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Robinson94.3
Louis91.4
The people
Robinson
Louis

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