In boxing, is winning percentage figured out same way as in other sports?

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  1. Italian Stallion

    Italian Stallion Active Member Full Member

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    If we wanted to calculate a boxer’s winning percentage at a certain venue, would we simply get total number of bouts by adding the wins and losses together? And from there we’d divide number of wins by total number of bouts at given venue (for example, a boxer with 2 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw at MGM Grand would have a .500 winning percentage at that venue, correct)?
     
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  2. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    Don't know, but I know this dude will change the perception of winning fighters making more than losing fighters aka Mr. Reggie Strickland

    66 wins 276 losses 17 draws

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    Reggie Strickland Net Worth: $127 Million$5 Million
    He earned the money being a professional Boxer. He is from United States.Sep 23, 2019

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  3. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    Please someone dispute that post. $120 million? for losing 276 times?
     
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  4. Italian Stallion

    Italian Stallion Active Member Full Member

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    How would we figure out a boxer's winning percentage in boxing at a certain venue, would we simply get total number of bouts by adding the wins and losses together? From there we’d divide number of wins by total number of bouts at given venue (for example, a boxer with 2 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw at MGM Grand would have a .500 winning percentage at that venue, correct)?
     
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  5. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    Getting ****ed up 276 times for other people to showcase their skills on you that takes a really special person
     
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  6. Italian Stallion

    Italian Stallion Active Member Full Member

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    Feedback on the original question??
     
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  7. PolicemanPrawn

    PolicemanPrawn Member Full Member

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    This is elementary arithmetic.

    But, to answer your question, take the number of wins at the venue, divided by the number of bouts at the venue, to get the winning percentage. In your example the winning percentage is 40%.
     
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  8. Italian Stallion

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    Thanks for responding. Okay, but if there was one draw then how does that factor in? Two wins, two losses and one draw equals a .500 winning percentage, shouldn't it? That's what I mean, seems easy to figure out but...
     
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  9. Mynydd

    Mynydd Member Full Member

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    This reminds me of that thread on the bodybuilding forum where they're arguing about how many days are in a week. But two wins out of five is 40% anyway. I assume in American sport that's presented as 0.4(00).
     
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  10. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can't see it myself. Over here in the UK, there was a journeyman called Pete Buckley. Pete won 32 of 300 fights. He earned a decent living, paid his mortgage off and sent his daughter to private school but was far from being a millionaire let alone making $100M + .
     
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  11. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    From what I've gathered, He allegedly earned between $500-$3500 per fight. He's never earned more that $3500 for a single fight. If you calculate that he made $3500 per fight, for all 359 fights (which he didn't), his ceiling of earned purses would be $1,256,500.00.
     
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