how inaccurate is boxrec?

[Ramamaiden]

i love that site, have learnt a lot from there.
if it has inaccurate information sometimes, well thats reasonable because of the big amount of data that its in there.

personally i like the rankings system. because of all those belts out there its very difficult to make a system that satisfies everyone, but well, worst is nothing :P

[Phantasm]

is it really ****ed up? im meaning like the fighter records and ****? what sort of things are messed up on it?

Nah, Boxrec is a blessing, especially for fight historians. I dont think I've ever come across a statistical error. Like others have said here before, the rankings are BS and while I like the projected opponents part, usually they are wrong about those too. For example, Gil Reyes, a guy who I've been following since I met and trained under a few years ago, has been scheduled to fight Vernon Forrest 3x, Zab Judah, Delvin Rodriguez 3X among others and none of them have been true. In fact, I just wrote to the guy to finally find out who he is fighting next.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=050610

Anyway, it's the best thing we have out there and I can't see anyone else making a better database.

[King Koyle]

Besides the rankings, I believe the older the records are the more incomplete they are. But thats understandable with the older fighters.

They also put up rumored fights as upcoming bouts that sometimes don't happen.

I hate when they do that!They'll have a guy scheduled to face three opponents in the same month.They jump on any little rumor.

[Phantasm]

Ironic that this thread was started today, cuz I found this on another site:

Which one is Marian Cazacu?

Where was the Romanian boxer on Feb. 24th….
Indeed, this is the question we all ask. The Romanian Marian Cazacu was reported in Boxrec to have boxed on Feb. 24th in Reims, France against Ali Oubaali. He lost that fight by KO in round 3. After some investigation that fight was confirmed by the French newspaper L’Equipe and a regional newspaper from Reims. And if you follow this link you can see picture on the French website Netboxe.
So far nothing unusual until a Belgian editor of Boxrec wanted to insert the results from the show held in Herstal, Belgium where Hervé De Luca drew with… Yes, that very same Romanian Marian Cazacu. When this Belgian Board official inquired to the local LFB officials they (also) confirmed that they checked all the boxers documents, included his passport.
Or Marian Cazacu had his private jet to come from Reims to Herstal in a few hours or somewhere another boxer took his place and fought instead of the Romanian. Or worse… the Romanian was at home in his sofa waiting for his 2 results in Herstal and Reims!

So there can be discrepencies, but in this case, it is not the fault of boxrec, as the information is submitted by editors of the site who usually attend or confirm fights locally. In fact, it has helped open an investigation into the matter by 'the powers that be' to find out if any wrongdoing has been commited.

[Run]

Case and point.

Look at Roman Karmazin's record.

Do you see the 3 knockdowns listed under the Ouma fight? Nope.



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[STEELHEAD]

its not ****ed up at all

in fact id like to say "god bless boxrec"

it is a wonderful database, ive never found an inaccuracy on anyones record

the only thing people critize it for are its statistical formulas for ranking fighter.... which is a dumb criticism since everyone has thei own opinion about it and would never completely agree with boxrec anyhow...

it also lists prospective matches before they are actually signed, which other people dont like, but i love....

for instance:

boxrec has chris byrd scheduled to fight paul maranacchio (22-2) in nassau ba***** on april 18th

which means boxrec and i are the only two people around who know about byrds next opponent

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=004923

they had cory spinks having a 78" reach for the longest time. james toney at 5'11''. they eventually changed it.

[Run]

james toney at 5'11''.

haha that's totally ridiculous, That's three inches taller than his actual height.

I'm so sick of people inflating that statistic in the U.S.A. Why? no other country falsely lists people's heights. The damn NBA is notorious for that.

Reggie Miller got into trouble for saying Tony Parker wasn't 6'3 on air.....and that he's more like 6'0 or 6'1 if generous....which is true, because I met him in person and he's shorter than I am at 6'2.



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[Kojak]

Boxrec is one of the best things that's come into boxing. With the
click of a mouse and your keyboard you have access to all fighters
records. Matchmakers, managers, promoters and everyone involved
in putting cards together use it. It saves a lot of time trying to get
useful information. If there's a fw mistakes the guys there are quick to make corrections. I commend them on the outstanding job and service
they provide.