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Gushiken vs Adams

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GushikenWinner
85.8

Gushiken wins: Peak, Statistics

Adams
85.7

Adams wins: Longevity, Honours

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇯🇵 Yoko Gushiken
85.8

Gushiken leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Made 13 successful defences of the WBA light flyweight title.

1. Yoko Gushiken
85.8
2. Nicola Adams
85.7

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. 🇬🇧 Nicola Adams5 years played · career day 4,38226 title wins
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Yoko Gushiken5 years played · career day 1,82521 title wins
-19.2% vs Adams at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇯🇵 Gushiken00492127
🇬🇧 Adams000007

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.

MetricGushikenRetiredAdamsRetired
World title defences13
Professional wins23
Knockout wins15
Professional losses1
World titles won1
Olympic golds2
World Championship medals3
Commonwealth golds1
European titles1
Professional record wins5
Dominance w25%8686
Peak w20%9492
Longevity w20%7478
Honours w20%8688
Statistics w15%9084

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GOAT Rank · the data
Gushiken85.8
Adams85.7
The people
Gushiken
Adams

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