{"id":625874,"date":"2024-06-27T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T13:00:20","slug":"can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"#Can AI cure the corruption and biases that plague boxing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e78fb4b03\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e78fb4b03\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#Hard_knocks\" >Hard knocks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#The_sweet_science\" >The sweet science<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#Fight_night\" >Fight night<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#The_view_from_ringside\" >The view from ringside<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#Combat_models\" >Combat models<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#Back_to_the_gym\" >Back to the gym<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#From_Shenzhen_to_Saudi\" >From Shenzhen to Saudi<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-ai-cure-the-corruption-and-biases-that-plague-boxing\/#Judge_me_not\" >Judge me not<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boxing is a whimsically old-fashioned sport. Feuds are settled in fights, traditions are revered, and ageing faces run the show. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fifty years since their heydays promoting Muhammad Ali, the 92-year-olds Don King and Bob Arum remain leading powerbrokers. They work with overlords who operate in the shadows. In this world, oversight is resisted and new tech greeted with suspicion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At world title fights, judges still fill out scorecards on scraps of paper. They follow four extremely subjective criteria: \u201ceffective aggression,\u201d \u201cring <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ship,\u201d \u201cclean punches,\u201d and defence. All these concepts are open to interpretation. Inevitably, they frequently create controversial decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem extends to the sport\u2019s top analytics tool. Despite the futuristic sheen of the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.compuboxdata.com\/\">CompuBox<\/a> name, its stats are manually created by two people t<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing keys when they see punches. The potential for biases and errors is endless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2025 &#8211; Back to NDSM on June 19-20, 2025 &#8211; Save the date!<\/p>\n<p>As we wrapped up our incredible 2024 edition, we&#8217;re pleased to announce our return to Amsterdam NDSM in 2025. Registration now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans and fighters alike have decried the results for decades. One of them is Allan Svejstrup, a Danish machine learning engineer. But Svejstrup (<\/span>pronounced Svar-strop<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) also had an idea for a solution: computer vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A boxing aficionado with a PhD in maths, Svejstrup had his brainwave while working at a startup in China. \u201cI also had the CompuBox doubts,\u201d he tells TNW on a Zoom call from the Chinese city of Shenzhen. \u201cI realised I could build a better system myself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He began to train an AI\u00a0model\u00a0on real boxing footage. The model then tracked not only the number of punches but also their impact, the fight\u2019s flow, and each boxer\u2019s movements. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Svejstrup was impressed by the early tests. In 2022, he turned the passion project into a startup: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jabbr.ai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabbr<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years later, his brainchild had evolved into a fully-grown product. In the new boxing mecca of Saudi Arabia, Jabbr received a showcase during\u00a0a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But before arriving on that grand stage, the company had bouts to win outside the ring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hard_knocks\"><\/span>Hard knocks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boxing presents big barriers to AI analysis. One emerges when evaluating punches and ringcraft, which are far harder to measure than, for instance, baseball pitches or golf shots.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI understood why nobody else had done it successfully,\u201d Svejstrup says. \u201cThe standard off-the-shelf tools that machine learning engineers use for soccer or basketball don\u2019t work very well for combat sports.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another problem is the visual phenomenon of occlusion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In computer vision, occlusion occurs when one object conceals the view of another. It\u2019s rarely an issue when evaluating a tennis shot or home workout (as I <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">know from personal experience<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). These applications can rely on off-the-shelf products that are fine-tuned on sports data. For boxing, however, they\u2019re ill-fitting tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occlusion is particularly troublesome when fighters get close and trade body shots. From one angle, a powerful body shot could be hidden and misclassified as missed. Jabbr\u2019s solution combines multiple cameras with a novel approach to visualisation. Svejstrup named the system DeepStrike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AI Punch Stats with DeepStrike - Amateur Boxing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/3kQhwu5AMu8\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To interpret human movements, computer vision software typically converts video of people into stick figures or mesh representations. AI then learns the correlations between the physical movements and sporting actions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an approach that\u2019s often effective. But boxing requires a greater depth of perception.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_sweet_science\"><\/span>The sweet science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By building his system from scratch, Svejstrup sought to fill the gaps left by off-the-shelf software.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow, the downside of this is there are tonnes of technical problems to solve,\u201d he adds. \u201cAnd when you train an AI on something so complicated, you need huge amounts of data.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For DeepStrike, that meant ingesting millions of punches. Jabbr found them by harvesting footage from the internet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the pros to amateurs, classic bouts to gym sparring, and 4K film to grainy clips, the videos captured diverse nuances of the sport. Boxing performance analysts then watched the clips in slow motion and tagged the data with their evaluations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As their workloads grew, Jabbr needed to add new experts to the team. They arrived after a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jabbr.ai\/news\/fundraising-announcement-2023\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$750,000 seed funding round<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last year expanded the talent budget. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team of analysts has now assessed over 250,000 punches. Svejstrup reckons they\u2019ve spent 20,000 hours preparing training data for Jabbr\u2019s proprietary model. By embedding their expertise, they teach the system to mimic their work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After learning the ropes, the system heads to the ring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fight_night\"><\/span>Fight night<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as the bell sounds, DeepStrike gets to work. By the fight\u2019s end, the system has measured millions of data points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All this information is funnelled into 50 metrics for each boxer. They cover the punch numbers, the types of strikes, and various fighter movements. They also measure the impact of each blow, based on the cleanliness of contact<span style=\"color: #383838;\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(164, 163, 163, 0.098);\"\/><\/span> and the visible effect on the opponent. Intriguingly, they even quantify<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> those subjective judging criteria. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For effective aggression, Jabbr analyses efforts to hurt an opponent. DeepStrike detects this through three measurements: throwing punches with a high power commitment, initiating or ending exchanges, and volume of strikes. When a fighter triggers these indicators, they start a period of aggression. The final metric is based on the duration of these periods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407940 js-lazy\" alt=\"A list of Jabbr stats from the boxing match between Lomachenko and Haney\" width=\"2810\" height=\"1374\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/06\/Lomachenko-vs-Haney-Jabbr-stats.jpg\"\/><figcaption>DeepStrike calculates the percentage of time that each boxer spent applying pressure and aggression. Credit: Jabbr<\/figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407940\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/06\/Lomachenko-vs-Haney-Jabbr-stats.jpg\" alt=\"A list of Jabbr stats from the boxing match between Lomachenko and Haney\" width=\"2810\" height=\"1374\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ring generalship, meanwhile, is linked to pressure. Like aggression, this is defined by three indicators: moving forward while an opponent moves backwards, keeping the other boxer on the ropes or in the corner, and staying at mid-range or up-close without clinching. All these actions trigger the pressure metric.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CompuBox has no comparable depth or accuracy. Although the system is extolled on TV broadcasts, CompuBox only counts punches landed and missed. It then assesses their impact by dividing them into two crude categories: jabs (straight shots thrown from the lead hand) and power punches (everything else).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabbr, by contrast, quantifies the power and quality of every individual blow. Svejstrup estimates that the punch detection accuracy is 98 to 99%, while the punch classification is 95 to 99%. The precise percentage depends on the quality of the film \u2014 and the fight.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_view_from_ringside\"><\/span>The view from ringside<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabbr\u2019s early experiments caught the eye of Radio Rahim, a pioneer of online boxing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>. Rahim had built his career on digital platforms. His first steps came as a teenager training at the iconic Wild Card boxing club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahim would film the fabled sparring sessions on the LA gym\u2019s blood-stained ring. One captured a brutal brawl between American champion <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a7V97tMr0ts\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Toney and Australian challenger Danny Green<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The footage sparked a new craze for online \u201cgym war\u201d videos. It also sparked Rahim\u2019s broadcasting career. He grew his brand on YouTube and later joined Jabbr in broadcasts from Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long before those glitzy nights, Rahim had blasted boxing\u2019s judging controversies and hostility to innovation. \u201cEmbrace <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>?\u201d he scoffs. \u201cIt\u2019s still trying to embrace 20th-century tech, never mind the 21st.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahim was similarly unimpressed by CompuBox\u2019s limitations. Jabbr stood out as a promising alternative. Rahim joined the Copenhagen-based startup as an advisor and public promoter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe effect of a punch on a target is something that we\u2019ve never been able to gauge mathematically before now,\u201d he says. \u201cIt gives us not just a collection of numbers, but analytics that tell you what\u2019s inside the numbers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rahim wants Jabbr to shine a light on boxing\u2019s shadier practices. \u201cThe most difficult problem in boxing is the idea that it\u2019s corrupt. As much as I enjoy an MMA [mixed martial arts] night occasionally, it pains me to watch them surpass us with the new generation of fans, because it seems more transparent, they get the fights they want, and the right guy wins most of the time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MMA has also begun to embrace computer vision. Driving the uptake is another European startup, the UK-headquartered <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.combatiq.io\/\">Combat IQ<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Combat_models\"><\/span>Combat models<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combat IQ was founded in 2022 by Tim Malik, a former professional scout in the Canadian Football League. Malik got the idea while watching the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) during the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI would wake up every week without fail and watch those fights,\u201d he tells TNW. \u201cI saw a major lack of data within combat.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combat IQ extracts this data from cameras positioned around the octagon. It also provides real-time fight predictions from the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Combat IQ - \" combat=\"\" vision=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fMXAJfVqn3E\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company has already <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7109581564568629249\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established partnerships <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with MMA organisations, but Malik is also targeting boxing. \u201cI like to say if somebody gets punched in the face we\u2019re there to extract data,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That approach could create a competitor to Jabbr. But the two startups have very different business models.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combat IQ focuses on delivering new experiences to viewers and odds to betting companies. \u201cI\u2019m here to make money, to be frank,\u201d Malik admits. \u201cI love sports, but at the same time, I want to build a sustainable business and do right by my investors. That means focusing on the aspects of sports that are profitable. And for me, that\u2019s fan engagement and betting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Back_to_the_gym\"><\/span>Back to the gym<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabbr has taken a different stance to Combat IQ.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur primary target consumers are athletes and coaches,\u201d Svejstrup says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Svejstrup has shown Jabbr to boxers at the gyms where he trains in Shenzhen. \u201cAll the jaws just drop down,\u201d he says. \u201cThat feels so different; it\u2019s something millions of people care about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These people and places have become the focus of Jabbr\u2019s plan. The startup will soon launch a commercial product comprising three cameras and an integrated timer unit. Users will not only access AI analytics. The \u201cJabbr Cam\u201d will also provide automated media production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This feature offers private clubs a simple and affordable tool to stream fights online. They can also generate highlights for each fighter in a social media-friendly format, alongside a full stats package.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBecause the AI already knows everything that\u2019s happening, it\u2019s not that hard to build an automated media production crew,\u201d Svejstrup says. He plans to launch the system in September. Jabbr will sell the product at cost and then charge a subscription fee for the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe benefit of the system is the speed and automation,\u201d he says. \u201cYou get all these super detailed stats right away and you don\u2019t have to pay a tonne of money.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month, that speed was tested on the biggest fight in boxing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_Shenzhen_to_Saudi\"><\/span>From Shenzhen to Saudi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the desert city of Riyadh, Jabbr debuted on the global stage. British broadcaster TNT Sports used DeepStrike during the historic bout between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. The showdown was the first undisputed heavyweight title fight for 24 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeepStrike provided a user-friendly coverage enhancement. Unlike private gyms, TNT Sports required no extra equipment to install the system. The company simply sent its camera feeds to the cloud for AI analysis. The system then immediately returned the data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the fight progressed, Jabbr added extra insight to the broadcast. In the end, the judges awarded Usyk a razor-thin victory. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jabbr_ai\/status\/1791989866546311328\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabbr\u2019s analytics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suggest they got the right result \u2014 albeit by too narrow a margin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The startup\u2019s experimental predictions have also attracted attention. Before another heavyweight fight, DeepStrike indicated that Chinese colossus Zhilei Zhang would defeat the betting favourite Deontay Wilder. When Wilder was dominated and knocked out, the AI forecast was vindicated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen DeepStrike applies information about the impact of each of these punches landed, suddenly it can predict the results very, very well,\u201d Svejstrup says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabbr\u2019s Saudi adventures have put the startup in the limelight. Turki Alalshikh, the mastermind of the kingdom\u2019s boxing strategy, has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Turki_alalshikh\/status\/1792055994303832194\">shared the analytics<\/a> with his 6.8 million followers on X. TNT Sports has also provided mainstream promotion for the brand. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans are now requesting new applications for the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407885 js-lazy\" alt=\"Jabbr stats from the boxing match between Usyk and Fury\" width=\"958\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/06\/tnt-sports-box-office-jabbr-deepstrike-ai-live-stats-premiere.jpg\"\/><figcaption>DeepStrike\u2019s data showed Usyk had a clear edge in punches landed, accuracy, and pressure. Credit: Jabbr<\/figcaption><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1407885\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/06\/tnt-sports-box-office-jabbr-deepstrike-ai-live-stats-premiere.jpg\" alt=\"Jabbr stats from the boxing match between Usyk and Fury\" width=\"958\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Judge_me_not\"><\/span>Judge me not<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jabbr\u2019s arrival has triggered calls for AI to replace judges. One viral moment arrived when Tony Jeffries, an Olympic medallist turned boxing influencer, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=from%3A%40Tony_Jeffries%20judges&amp;src=typed_query\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">touted DeepStrike<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as an alternative scoring system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s not the plan,\u201d Svejstrup says. \u201cHopefully, it\u2019ll bring some transparency to the sport and maybe even a bit of fairness when there\u2019s a little bit of accountability there. But the real goal is to make this available to everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broadcasters\u00a0will nonetheless remain a target market for Jabbr. They can also provide powerful exposure \u2014\u00a0and not only for the startup. Radio Rahim wants them to also expose bad judges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe entire time I\u2019ve been covering boxing, the lack of transparency has been like an albatross around our neck,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re now heading towards eradicating the subjectivity of what happened in the fight.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all the judges still scribbling scores on scraps of paper, Jabbr promises to not replace them. But their old-fashioned sport now faces ultra-modern scrutiny. Just wait till Don King and Bob Arum find out.<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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