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Robinson vs Durán

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RobinsonWinner
94.3

Robinson wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Durán
90.3

Durán wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Sugar Ray Robinson
94.3

Robinson leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Pound-for-pound the standard everyone else is measured against.

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
94.3
2. Roberto Durán
90.3

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. 🇵🇦 Roberto Durán5 years played · career day 3,28732 title wins
-48.4% vs Robinson at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Robinson00001474
🇵🇦 Durán0000032

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.

MetricRobinsonRetiredDuránRetired
World titles64
Career wins174103
Knockouts10970
Unbeaten run91
Middleweight titles5
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year22
Weight divisions4
Professional fights119
Dominance w25%9588
Peak w20%9692
Longevity w20%9294
Honours w20%9488
Statistics w15%9490

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Robinson94.3
Durán90.3
The people
Robinson
Durán

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