Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post


How can a computer tell which "power shots" were more effective, how can a computer tell if a guy is hurt, does a power punch count twice as much as a normal punch, 1/2 as much, three times as much, punch stats aren't everything and this is just a bad idea.
I completely agree with you Ouma, there would be flaws but honestly answer me this question.

How many fights on HBO have there been where compubox clearly favours one fight but the other guy wins the decision and it's NOT been a highly controversial decision?

Yes there are flaws but in purely practical terms my bet is that even compubox is far more accurate in terms of agreeing with the general perceptions of the majority than even the supposedly most competent judges.

We might get the odd decision where we think the guy who was second best according to compubox should have won the fight but you would NEVER get a wrong lopsided decision using this method, and 8 out of 10 times the result would be universally agreed as correct, with maybe 1 time debatable and the less than 1 in 10 wrong, which is a much better stat than the judges can manage.