Can computer analysis of the ring to help prevent deaths?
Towards the development of an objective method to determine whether boxing should be stopped, a computerized method of counting punches in the ring identifies certain characteristics of ring deaths, according to a study published in the February issue of Neurosurgery . This approach could provide sufficient data to stop matches that can be fatal, doctors said. Vincent J. Miele and Julian E. Bailes of West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown. However, this process becomes less effective as matches become more competitive.Drs. Miele and Bailes performed computer-assisted video analysis compared three groups of professional boxing. Ten attacks leading to the death of a fighter were compared with a classical group of ten highly competitive matches. Fight
videos were reviewed by expert observers, who had thrown punches and landed with a computer system, called Punchstat, which is commonly used in attacks on television and fighters for training. The fatal and classic matches were compared with a group of 4,000 episodes that represent the boxing media and scored Punchstat.The results show significant differences between the mortals and a half. The number of strokes per round online matches was higher in fatal 26.6 for survivors versus 22.9 for the fighters who have died, compared with 9.4 in the fight of the mean. In games fatal fighters launched and the survivors landed more power shots than their opponents. This suggests, that could hit the counting system to help fight where a fighter was in a level of danger in the number
of blows thrown or landed.However, compared to the classic mortal combat is more competitive, the differences were not significant. In fact, boxers in the classic episodes landed an average of 10 strokes per round on the fatal party. None of the other characteristics of the various tests, such as age, weight class, boxing experience and record, or previous brain injury were able to identify the fighters at greater
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