Talk:Compubox

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The significance of the claim that computers are involved in generating the so-called "compubox" statistics is mysterious. Just saying that the process is "computerized" leaves open the possibility that a man sitting ringside enters the number of punches he thinks the boxer has landed. This wikipedia entry tells us that the compubox system is operated by two people, but says nothing about how the humans are involved. If they are pushing a button each time that they think a punch was landed, then this "computerized" system is no more accurate, no different at all, than if one were to make marks on a piece of paper, and count them up at the end.

But if the numbers were generated by sensors in the gloves, or some other type of sensors, there would be a way to cheat the sensors, which would be worse. So the constant reference in boxing to "compubox numbers," although it gives the commentary an authoritative aura, is of very questionable importance.

This entry is not all that useful.