The extremely anticipated rematch between heavyweight champion Olekrandr Usyk and Tyson Fury is including some new expertise for scoring but it surely gained’t have an effect on the precise consequence of the combat.
On Tuesday, Turki Al-Sheikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s Normal Leisure Fund, introduced plans to introduce synthetic intelligence scoring for the Usyk vs. Fury 2 rematch, which takes place in Riyadh. Whereas the AI powered scoring gained’t play any half in figuring out the winner, Al-Sheikh touted the potential of the expertise for such a excessive profile boxing match like this one.
“For the primary time ever, an AI-powered decide will monitor the combat,” Al-Sheikh wrote on Twitter. “Free from bias and human error delivered to you by The Ring.
“This groundbreaking experiment, which gained’t affect the official outcomes, debuts in the course of the greatest combat of the century, Usyk vs. Fury 2, December 21. Don’t miss historical past within the making.”
For the primary time ever, an AI-powered decide will monitor the combat Free from bias and human error delivered to you by The Ring. This groundbreaking experiment, which gained’t affect the official outcomes, debuts in the course of the greatest combat of the century, #Usyk2Fury, on December 21 … pic.twitter.com/RdslVlBLRC
— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) December 17, 2024
Humorous sufficient, the primary combat between Usyk and Fury led to a considerably controversial break up choice.
Whereas there have been a number of back-and-forth rounds, Usyk almost put Fury away late within the combat with many arguing that the bout ought to have been stopped after “The Gypsy King” was badly harm whereas consuming punches from the Ukrainian fighter however the referee stepped between them and as an alternative gave Fury a standing eight rely.
In the long run, two judges gave Usyk the combat whereas the third decide scored it for Fury.
Whereas the AI-powered judging gained’t play any half within the outcomes, Al-Sheikh, who additionally only in the near past purchased Ring Journal, appears excited to check out the expertise for the heavyweight title rematch.
