compubox

[Nacho_Analstain]

im abit confused,how does this work,how does it count punches,is it sumthin in the gloves?

[psychopath]

I don't know friend, I'm not aware of how they do it either. But definitely it's not anyhting on the boxing gloves. The boxing gloves are supposed to be free from any foreign objects that's why representatives of the sanctioning boxing bodies are always present when the boxers put them on, even hand wraps are being inspected.

My wild guess is that, they are watching the rounds on a super slow mo mode and count on the punches manually. That's why they don't have stats on the very first round. They normal show that on the screen after a round has passed.

And while it is being discussed here I hope they'll release those punch stats per round so as to lessen disagreements and and arguements on who won a round.

[Dirt E Gomez]

I'm fairly sure I've heard them discuss it at lengths and for most punch stat numbers (maybe compubox is different) they simply have 2 men at a computer who are watching the round and everytime they land a jab/powershot the person who is watching the particular fighter pressed one button or another. Simple as that... and as flawed.

[Nacho_Analstain]

it jus seems like such a hard job,most of the time them punches r ****in hard 2 c

[DiegoFuego]

no matter who does it or how, the point has been made time and time again, especially in the Mayweather vs. Castillo I fight, that compubox DOES NOT WORK

[DiegoFuego]

It is a flawed and inaccurate system. You can watch many many fights in slow motion and come up with completely different numbers than compubox makes up.

[Hitman18]

Compubox is a computer that actually watches the boxers throw punches. It can determine a jab, hook, and uppercut by itself. It requires no people. It counts the punches and puts them in all the assigned categories like landed, thrown, hook, jab, uppercut, percentage, head, and body. Some guy invented it a while back. Its almost like what they do in movies where they have someone make a movement, then the computer scans the movement and puts it in a computerized version a person doing the same movement, except compubox counts punches. I think it determines the kind of punches by the degree of angle from the boxers shoulder. I heard all this from Jim Lampley on HBO. Don't remember what fight though, it was like two years ago.

[rocketpuncher]

What would be the perfect system? Do you need 2 counters per fighter watching it at half speed slow motion? 1 counter does the first minute of a fighter, the other counter does the second minute and by that time the first counter is done and he starts the 3rd minute? 1 extra person is needed to choose the exact second to cut over otherwise the cut might be right in the middle of punches counting them twice or not at all. That way we get the stats only 1 minute after a round ends and they're pretty accurate. 3 counters per fighter gives you the stats 30 seconds after a round ends and without the need for an extra person. Stats can be discussed in between rounds then.

Or is it still too difficult to get close to accurate punch stats by TV? Live accurate punch stats definitely seem impossible without slow motion.

[rocketpuncher]

Compubox is a computer that actually watches the boxers throw punches. It can determine a jab, hook, and uppercut by itself. It requires no people. It counts the punches and puts them in all the assigned categories like landed, thrown, hook, jab, uppercut, percentage, head, and body. Some guy invented it a while back. Its almost like what they do in movies where they have someone make a movement, then the computer scans the movement and puts it in a computerized version a person doing the same movement, except compubox counts punches. I think it determines the kind of punches by the degree of angle from the boxers shoulder. I heard all this from Jim Lampley on HBO. Don't remember what fight though, it was like two years ago.

what a moron. Lampley must of been joking.

[psychopath]

Compubox is a computer that actually watches the boxers throw punches. It can determine a jab, hook, and uppercut by itself. It requires no people. It counts the punches and puts them in all the assigned categories like landed, thrown, hook, jab, uppercut, percentage, head, and body. Some guy invented it a while back. Its almost like what they do in movies where they have someone make a movement, then the computer scans the movement and puts it in a computerized version a person doing the same movement, except compubox counts punches. I think it determines the kind of punches by the degree of angle from the boxers shoulder. I heard all this from Jim Lampley on HBO. Don't remember what fight though, it was like two years ago.

If that's the case then they can certainly get the stats per round aside from the normal stats of total in the whole fight.

I'm pushing for the per round stats because more often than not it's just becoming a source of intrigue when the losing fighter came out as the one who threw a lot of punches that connected. So that has to be identified on which rounds those punches were thrown and therefore a justification on how many rounds a fighter won.

This is very crucial especially on a controversial and close fights.