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Benítez vs Schmeling

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GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
BenítezWinner
86.3

Benítez wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

Schmeling
86.3

Schmeling wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇵🇷 Wilfredo Benítez
86.3

Benítez leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Youngest world champion in history at 17 and a three-division titlist.

1. Wilfredo Benítez
86.3
2. Max Schmeling
86.3

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. 🇵🇷 Wilfredo Benítez5 years played · career day 1,82535 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇩🇪 Max Schmeling5 years played · career day 1,82635 title wins
0.0% vs Benítez at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇵🇷 Benítez008173548
🇩🇪 Schmeling008173047

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.

MetricBenítezRetiredSchmelingRetired
World titles in divisions3
Youngest world champion age17
Professional wins5356
Career knockouts31
Professional bouts6270
World heavyweight titles1
Knockouts40
European titles2
Dominance w25%8684
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%7886
Honours w20%8684
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Benítez86.3
Schmeling86.3
The people
Benítez
Schmeling

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