Should the ELO Ranking System Be Used For Boxing?

[DeadLikeMe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo_rating_system#Game_activity_versus_protecting_one.27s_rating

Euro bums and Pac and May come to mind when I read that section

[Chups]

The ELO rating which is primarily used in Chess and in most of the gaming industry is FLAWED. The new less FLAWED system is called TSR (True Skill Rating)....that would better represent the true skill of boxers.

[DeadLikeMe]

The ELO rating which is primarily used in Chess and in most of the gaming industry is FLAWED. The new less FLAWED system is called TSR (True Skill Rating)....that would better represent the true skill of boxers.

Just because it is flawed doesn't mean there are more viable or popular options out there.

[gingerbreadman]

I'm a chess player myself, and the first problem I can think of is that modern-day chess is subject to rating inflation (more people playing, leading to today's guys having higher ratings than Bobby Fischer even though he would most probably **** them). In boxing, though, I'm pretty sure you'd suffer the opposite, namely deflation from fewer people boxing now than in, say, the 50s. I think boxrec must use a similar system, and if you look at their historical rankings, it seems that the earlier eras are WAY stronger than nowadays (SRL ranked no. 12 at welter seems the most glaring). Anyways, Arpad Elo himself said that his own rating system was about as accurate as a cork on a line on a fast-moving river. Not feasible in my opinion, though I'd love to be proven wrong.

[Chups]

Just because it is flawed doesn't mean there are more viable or popular options out there.

lololololololol............

[BoxingGenius27]

Something like "margin of victory" would have to be included as well (or a composite average of the 3 cards) to factor in if something is truly a "good win."

If I didn't have so much to do at work today (as I'm typing this on NSB lol)...I would actually sit down and formulate a rough algorithm of some kind. If other people show interest in this and contribute I'm sure we could come up with something by the end of the weekend.

Any good news; need help with anything?

I work with a few engineers who are genius's in excel. Is there anything I can run past them?

[zdiddy]

Did anything ever come of this? I started exploring ranking systems and stumbled across this thread but it seemed to end quite abruptly.