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Lomachenko vs Liston

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
LomachenkoWinner
81.9

Lomachenko wins: Honours

Liston
81.1

Liston wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇦 Vasiliy Lomachenko
81.9

Lomachenko leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Two Olympic golds and world titles in three professional divisions.

1. Vasiliy Lomachenko
81.9
2. Sonny Liston
81.1

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. 🇺🇦 Vasiliy Lomachenko5 years played · career day 3,65211 title wins
-26.7% vs Liston at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇦 Lomachenko000008
🇺🇸 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.

MetricLomachenkoRetiredListonRetired
Olympic golds2
World titles in weight classes3
Amateur record wins396
Professional wins1850
Professional losses3
World heavyweight titles1
Knockouts39
Career losses4
First-round title knockouts2
Dominance w25%8282
Peak w20%9090
Longevity w20%7074
Honours w20%8476
Statistics w15%8484

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GOAT Rank · the data
Lomachenko81.9
Liston81.1
The people
Lomachenko
Liston

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