Do people know what Compu Box is? and why do people even cite CompuBox stats?

[The Akbar One]

Over the years you have people referring to CompuBox stats to help support their arguments or positions when discussing or debating fights. Commentators have also used CompuBox stats in their commentary, in many instances attempting to use it to sway viewer opinion. Many seem to think that CompuBox is some type of an accurate tool, when in reality it is not. For those that don't know, CompuBox is simply two dudes sitting at ringside, with the same one side, bad view of the action as the judges. They push buttons based on what they think they see. As you can guess, that can cause a hell of a lot of inaccuracy when doing punch stats for fights. CompuBox has also seemed to be used for political purposes, as an attempt to sway viewer opinion in certain fights. As of this time, there is no real accurate way to take punch stats live during a fight.

Often times, when fights are video analyzed afterward, CompuBox stats have been shown to be complete and utter garbage.