Boxing World Reacts To Compubox Controversy

Compubox has long been the gold standard in the sport for punch stats but like all things, everything comes to an end.

For many however Compubox still does a fine job in counting punch numbers and punch stats in fights.

However, in today’s AI world of technology it is only a matter of time before statistics not just in boxing but in all sports’ stats get automated with more efficient tech.

Last weekend Compubox felt some heat in their scoring and this week the boxing world have had their say:

Interesting. Any judge worth their salt will tell you that nothing is perfect and scoring a sport like professional boxing is always subjective.

Clean effective punches landed must always be prioritized.

Consider the career of Floyd Mayweather.

Often times it looked like his opponents were landing punches on him when in fact they were not when you watch back the fights with commentary off.

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Clean, effective, scoring punches landed and damage caused is what it is about.

Professional boxing at the top level if about hitting and not getting hit at the end of the day — while being exciting.

Professional fighters are not paid for overtime.

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