WHOA, There's a technology now where well know how hard a boxer punches in the fight!

Because Khan and Maidana refused to wear PunchForce sensors inside the cuffs of their gloves, HBO will not debut the technology tonight as planned. PunchForce shows how hard a fighter is punching during each round... http://www.lvrj.com/sports/khan-maximizes-potential-in-ring-by-learning-at-pacquiao-s-knee-fist-111715444.html?ref=444 this is a good develop if instituted. why? cause casual fans don't know how to judge a fight. casual fans come from other sports like basketball and football and those sports are all about stats and number crunching. the more stats and numbers for them to crunch there are, the more they will be interested. let's face facts, casual fans love for there to be an "objective" measurement of this or that. They don't like the subjective elements of boxing.

LOL @ Malignaggi using those gloves. and Calderun.

Im dubious. Those psi machines arent totally acurate, i doubt these are either. We know who the punchers are and we know its about timeing and placement as much as anything. When i say we i mean the posters on here who arent complete fanboy idiots btw! I think its just gonna be another way for clowns to argue and **** Have to admit tho i am intrested. I agree but at the same time it would be nice to measure those guys with modest KO percentages and find how hard they hit. Kotelnik for example I think that he can punch a bit he was certainly clocking Alexander.

You know whats gunna come next.... Pac hit mosley with a 965 punch and sergio was doing the chicken dance on a 735 punch pac will ko him!!

As long as it's well tested, reasonable accurate and not used as complete gospel but a guide, then it's all good. Things like this are attributes, it's just when taken to seriously it goes wrong. I'd like pct stats to improve in accuracy, technology has to be there to be more accurate and this could tie in.

those pads are very flat an small looks like tape. if you ever watch deadliest warriors or any of those fight sports shows. the pad they use to test pounds per square inch are flat and small. so they could be added easy to the inside of the leather above the padding if made correctly. yeah that would be nice as well as something to measure speed of punches. With the way technology keeps improving, I sure they could have several mini sensors on that thin pad....all while making them small/light enough to where a fighter wouldn't notice a thing. I mean if we got a gauge at how hard a punch was thrown as well as speed (for measuring combinations as well as single shot) that would make watching fights more intriguing especially if they displayed it instaneanously like they due with punch stats sometimes.

i wish it was around before margarito got caught so we can see the difference in power from the cotto fight and the shane fight.

Im dubious. Those psi machines arent totally acurate, i doubt these are either. We know who the punchers are and we know its about timeing and placement as much as anything. When i say we i mean the posters on here who arent complete fanboy idiots btw! I think its just gonna be another way for clowns to argue and **** Have to admit tho i am intrested. thats true too because im sure margirito is loading up on punches PSI would be high but quick goo timed shots might be less but seem to do more damage on the brain which causes a ko or equilibrim to shut down

wow that is ****en sick. lets get it done. they should have put that for the ortiz vs peterson fight instead.

Im dubious. Those psi machines arent totally acurate, i doubt these are either. We know who the punchers are and we know its about timeing and placement as much as anything. When i say we i mean the posters on here who arent complete fanboy idiots btw! I think its just gonna be another way for clowns to argue and **** Have to admit tho i am intrested.

I like this idea. I'm not sure how it works but I'm pretty sure it's something that would go between the padding on the inside of the glove. Those sensor are so small, light and unnoticeable that it would work perfectly. I know it would have been great to see how hard that punch Martinez landed on Williams or how hard Manny's combinations were that he was landing on Margarito. I can see a lot of new technology being implemented to make these fights interesting. those pads are very flat an small looks like tape. if you ever watch deadliest warriors or any of those fight sports shows. the pad they use to test pounds per square inch are flat and small. so they could be added easy to the inside of the leather above the padding if made correctly.

i think they should put little microphones in the gloves so that the punches will sound louder like in movies just a thought add some excitement. prob hear more of the trash talking going on in the ring too

I like this idea. I'm not sure how it works but I'm pretty sure it's something that would go between the padding on the inside of the glove. Those sensor are so small, light and unnoticeable that it would work perfectly. I know it would have been great to see how hard that punch Martinez landed on Williams or how hard Manny's combinations were that he was landing on Margarito. I can see a lot of new technology being implemented to make these fights interesting.

Why dont they just put it on the undercard fighters?

I would love this to happen in every fight definitely!

its goo so now people can shut up and stop thinking they are expects base off they eyes. but it is bad to the fighters knowing such and such only punches 500 pounds per square inch. compare to the last opponent who hits at 800. some fighters might not take a guy serious thinking it wont hurt or bother him.

I wish it was a requirement (if it doesn't hinder power ofcourse). Would be a nice stat to see how much horsepower 'El Chino' packs in that frame.

One more reason for geeks to argue and debate pound 4 pound status, while avoiding the obvious.