CompuBox: What Say Ye?

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It's really inaccurate but that's not surprising considering it's probably old men pushing buttons. To make it accurate they need to hire some young gamers with fast reaction and good vision. 1 kid to count jabs thrown/landed, one clicker on each hand. 1 kid to count body shots thrown/landed, one clicker on each hand. 1 kid to count power shots thrown/landed, one clicker on each hand. X 2 = 6 people in the truck or ringside. I really don't know how they have it set up but I see a lot of punches that don't get accounted for. I've heard this argument put forth many times before - That compubox could be much more accurate if they doubled or tripled their staff. I honestly don't know how anybody who has been watching the sport for more than a few years could even come to that conclusion. It's a total clusterf*ck right now with 2 guys, as is. Double or triple the amount of people at the table and you're also doubling or tripling the amount of human error that's bound to occur. I'd love to see what the numbers would look like under your scenario, though. My guess is that the guys involved wouldn't even be able to agree on the final numbers by the end of the first round. Either that or they'd be even more woefully inaccurate than they are right now.

It's just two cunts at a table clicking a button anytime they think they see a punch land. The keyword there being "think", of course. It's idiotic, redundant, and only given any legitimacy whatsoever by dull NSB users who seem to think that compubox numbers are the "be all, end all" criteria for scoring a fight. I can't take anybody in a boxing debate seriously once they start using those questionable statistics as the basis for their argument.

I use to have a lot of faith in it when I first seriously started watching boxing... But I've no faith in it now, the punches that they miss are ridiculous, and they seem to add to fighters outputs by times (Broner vs Malignaggi) I honestly don't even look at it anymore

I only like it for the punches thrown. By the most part, that should be easy to keep track of and it's usually fairly reliable. Not always though like in the first round of Angulo-Kirkland where compubox had Angulo only throw a ridiculous 70 punches in the first round when it really was close to double that. Punches landed is inaccurate as hell. It's not even worth paying attention to.

It's sorely an entertainment tool, 2 guys with clickers I like it but only when it's shown after rounds and not during because it starts convincing you that a fighter may be winning a round when he isn't.

i don't trust it or pay any attention to it

It's really inaccurate but that's not surprising considering it's probably old men pushing buttons. To make it accurate they need to hire some young gamers with fast reaction and good vision. 1 kid to count jabs thrown/landed, one clicker on each hand. 1 kid to count body shots thrown/landed, one clicker on each hand. 1 kid to count power shots thrown/landed, one clicker on each hand. X 2 = 6 people in the truck or ringside. I really don't know how they have it set up but I see a lot of punches that don't get accounted for.

Its computerized as in keeping count of what is deemed a punch. However, it is people who decide what is a punch and if it landed. This is a major problem. The people working compubox can be influenced by their own biases which can skew the results of compubox. Also compubox does not reflct quality punches. Let say a fighter has thrown 100 slapping/grazing hooks (fighter x) vs 30 strong,effective hooks (fighter z). You will get people saying look at compubox fighter x landed more so he wins. Boxing is just not that simple. Really a good post, ManUtd. Thanks. Appreciated the computerized/human breakdown. Insightful.

Its computerized as in keeping count of what is deemed a punch. However, it is people who decide what is a punch and if it landed. This is a major problem. The people working compubox can be influenced by their own biases which can skew the results of compubox. Also compubox does not reflct quality punches. Let say a fighter has thrown 100 slapping/grazing hooks (fighter x) vs 30 strong,effective hooks (fighter z). You will get people saying look at compubox fighter x landed more so he wins. Boxing is just not that simple.