For the first time in the history of boxing, artificial intelligence will monitor the fight between British Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
This was stated by the head of the Saudi Arabian General Authority of Entertainment, Turki Al-Sheikh.
“For the first time, a judge with artificial intelligence will monitor the fight. Without bias and human errors,” he wrote.
However, AI will not affect the outcome in any way – if the fight goes the full distance, the judges will determine the result. The technology will track metrics to evaluate the fight, such as punches, aggression, and time in the clinch.
For the first time ever, an AI-powered judge will monitor the fight 🤖 Free from bias and human error brought to you by The Ring. This groundbreaking experiment, which won’t impact the official results, debuts during the biggest fight of the century, #Usyk2Fury, on December 21 🥊… pic.twitter.com/RdslVlBLRC
— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) December 17, 2024
The second confrontation between the heavyweights will take place in Riyadh on December 21. In the first fight, the undefeated Usyk inflicted Fury’s first career defeat and became the absolute world champion.