Compubox stats are not accurate... They are an opinion not facts.

"It's just a guy sitting ringside who is pressing buttons like he is playing Nintendo"

"they don't know what it landing and what is not, it is all in interpretation, a lot of the time you have two guys punching at the same time, sometimes punches are partially landing, sometimes a shot may land but may have been blocked, it's just way too much open to interpretation, they are not facts. I don't know what it is with America's obsession with statistics, they can't watch a sport without obsessing over statistics, it's like they don't understand the sport, I don't like that, especially with combat sports where it is such a cloudy hazy area".

Not my words, but the words of Paulie Malignaggi. Difficult to argue with that really, I been saying it for years, these stats you get fed are BS.

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Not that I know of. Can you expand?

 

Yeah, I mean some sports it is easier to be accurate than others, like soccer, it is fairly straight forward to collect successful passing percentages for instance, but even then they don't tell you the full story, like how difficult the pass was, how much pressure they were under etc.

Boxing, I don't know how you can try and collect "black and white" stats like they do and pass them off as fact, I understand why they do it for the viewer at home, because you kinda get a framing effect on TV, but they should be taken with a massive pinch of salt.

 

Yeah I mean it is just common sense. There is no way anyone would be able to find 111 shots landed by Conor in that fight, least of all compubox. If their stats are so accurate as they claim, then show us a video the next day, at least show us you are in the right ballpark area. Of course they will never be able to do so.

 

Yeah I totally understand that, no one could be 100% accurate, but I think I could actually do a better job than them if I was ringside, I'd only count the shots that have cleanly got through, and if that means I've only seen 3 shots landed by the end of the round, then I'll present it as 3 shots that have landed by the end of the round.

I'd also put big asterisks next to the stats, to draw attention to the fact these aren't facts, just some idiot's ringside opinion.

 

The problem is though, I don't think they are anywhere near accurate.

Surely by now, we have the technology to do a little bit better?

Maybe sensors in the gloves, that can measure the power of a shot, but also fighters would have to wear something like a fine cloth or fish net stockings over their faces and body that also have tiny sensors in them so that you only measure the shots that have cleanly connected, and not shots that have hit the arms or gloves.

I know what you're thinking, crazy right? But I dunno, when you are used to things being one way, then a maverick comes along and tells you there is a better way, there is always resistance at first. But be open minded, let it sink in.