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Wright vs Frazier

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WrightWinner
84.4

Wright wins: Longevity, Statistics

Frazier
84.3

Frazier 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. Joe Frazier
84.3

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. 🇺🇸 Winky Wright5 years played · career day 1,82524 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Joe Frazier5 years played · career day 2,19122 title wins
-8.3% vs Wright at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Wright005112435
🇺🇸 Frazier00041527

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.

MetricWrightRetiredFrazierRetired
Undisputed titles1
World titles31
Professional wins51
Career knockouts25
Professional bouts60
Olympic golds1
Career wins32
Knockouts27
Title defences4
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year2
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%9292
Longevity w20%8476
Honours w20%8084
Statistics w15%8886

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Wright84.4
Frazier84.3
The people
Wright
Frazier

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