Boxing All-Time Heavyweight Championship Tournament Part 1About a computer simulated boxing heavyweight championship of all the greatest fighters in history including the first and quarter final rounds.A COMPUTER STUDY--THE ALL-TIME HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
Data Boxing is a new system of sports simulation developed by Dr. Julian E. Compton, a professor of humanities at Florida A. & M. Dr. Compton is the coauthor of The World Champion Boxing Quiz and a regular contributor to All Sports Digest, Boxing Illustrated, and Table Top Sports. His 10-year project to determine the best boxers in history employs a complex system of statistical analysis that rates the champions of each division on as many as 155 variables (KOs, TKOs, number and type of wins, specific rounds won, and so on). This data, taken from the fighters' peak periods (usually two to four years), is fed into a computer, which simulates a series of bouts between all of the fighters in a division. This simulation program for the heavyweight division calls for 15-round bouts staged in New York and judged on a point system--parameters that Compton feels are representative for most of the boxers involved. Another salient feature of this system is the consistent interpretation of rules and scoring.
The final rankings represent nearly 3,000 match-ups. Dr. Compton does not consider these results to be definitive or final. But he does contend that this is the most comprehensive and reliable system to date.
Data Boxing's All-Time Heavyweight Tournament
First Round--8 received byes by seeds
Winner
Jim Jeffries KO 1 Ezzard Charles Bob Fitzsimmons TKO 1 Floyd Patterson Patterson down twice Max Schmeling TKO 14 James Braddock 6 rounds each, Braddock down 4 times last 2 rounds Jim Corbett W 15 Primo Carnera 14-1 rounds (Corbett won 14 rounds, Carnera 1) Max Baer TKO 12 Jersey Joe Walcott 8-3 in rounds, Walcott down in rounds 3, 6, and 12 Sonny Liston TKO 1 Tommy Burns No knockdowns Jess Willard KO 6 Jimmy Ellis 0-4 in rounds, Willard behind Jack Sharkey W 15 Ingemar Johansson 12-2 in rounds Second Round Muhammad Ali W 15 Jeffries 11-4 in rounds Joe Louis TKO 8 Fitzsimmons 4-2 in rounds, Fitzsimmons down in round 8 Jack Johnson TKO 11 Schmeling 9-1 in rounds, Schmeling down in round 11 Joe Frazier TKO 11 Corbett 6-1 in rounds Jack Dempsey TKO 6 Baer 3-2 in rounds, Baer down in round 6 George Foreman TKO 7 Liston 3-3 in rounds Gene Tunney W 15 Willard 11-4 in rounds Rocky Marciano W 15 Sharkey 10-4 in rounds
Quarter Finals Ali W 15 Louis 13-2 in rounds Johnson W 15 Frazier 10-5 in rounds Dempsey KO 1 Foreman Tunney TKO 11 Marciano 6-4 in rounds, Marciano down in round 11 | ||
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