When does a punch count, and why is a knock out possibly the only well defined way to score a boxing match? We talk to Shane Greenwood of Combat Chat podcast and Double Dragon gym about how fights and fighters get measured, and whether some of the stats constructed around them are valid at all. Our mailbag is a listener question about summary statistics.

Shane can be found at:

Double Dragon gym https://www.doubledragon.com.au/

Combat Chat podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA3mqnfgbPBgjDeqNNkSg

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https://www.instagram.com/shanegreenwood84/

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References:

Round By Round Boxing (2019) 'Hurd vs. Williams CompuBox Punch Stats', published 13th May, accessed 25th Nov 2021, https://roundbyroundboxing.com/hurd-vs-williams-compubox-punch-stats/

BoxStat.co (2019) 'Julian Williams vs Jarrett Hurd Stats', accessed 25th Nov 2021, https://boxstat.co/bout/2909383/julian-williams-vs-jarrett-hurd

The video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/DZea7FZTD5A

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