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Benítez vs Whitaker

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BenítezWinner
85.2

Benítez wins: Peak, Honours

Whitaker
85.2

Whitaker wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇷 Wilfred Benítez
85.2

Benítez leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. The youngest world champion in history at seventeen, later a three-division titleholder.

1. Wilfred Benítez
85.2
2. Pernell Whitaker
85.2

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. 🇵🇷 Wilfred Benítez5 years played · career day 1,825330 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Pernell Whitaker5 years played · career day 1,82618 title wins
-94.5% vs Benítez at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇷 Benítez0050108330693
🇺🇸 Whitaker00151431

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.

MetricBenítezRetiredWhitakerRetired
World titles in weight classes34
Age at first world title17
Professional wins5340
Knockouts31
Title fights14
Career losses4
Olympic golds1
Title defences15
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9690
Longevity w20%7280
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8686

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GOAT Rank · the data
Benítez85.2
Whitaker85.2
The people
Benítez
Whitaker

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