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Wright vs Tunney

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WrightWinner
84.4

Wright wins: Longevity, Statistics

Tunney
84.4

Tunney wins: Dominance, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Winky Wright
84.4

Wright leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Undisputed light middleweight champion who twice beat Shane Mosley.

1. Winky Wright
84.4
2. Gene Tunney
84.4

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. 🇺🇸 Winky Wright5 years played · career day 1,82524 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Gene Tunney5 years played · career day 4,3828 title wins
-66.7% vs Wright at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Wright005112435
🇺🇸 Tunney000003

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.

MetricWrightRetiredTunneyRetired
Undisputed titles1
World titles3
Professional wins5165
Career knockouts25
Professional bouts60
World heavyweight titles1
Career losses1
Knockouts48
Title defences2
Dominance w25%8086
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8474
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
Wright84.4
Tunney84.4
The people
Wright
Tunney

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