As virtual reality continues to make a larger impact on the sports world, particularly with how we watch, it is appropriate that another milestone will occur tonight, in the sport of boxing. David Haye is set to make boxing history after he announced that he will be heavily involved in the world’s first boxing broadcast […]
Showtime has recently released its first-ever full professional boxing match in virtual reality. The 360-degree video featured the fight between Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs and Peter Quillin. Jacobs wins by technical knockout in the first round. The fight was available on YouTube, where viewers could move the video in a 360 view, and through Google […]
Home Box Office Inc.’s new boxing unit, Punch Force, recently got a patent for boxing gloves that will measure the force of punches and transfer the information to a database. Granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, this patent’s technology allows HBO to track a wide range of information that helps to analyze […]
Training for any sport can be a pretty lonely activity. It’s especially true for boxing. The ring, the lights and belt attract thousands to the arena and millions to the screens. What we don’t see is the countless hours athletes spend punching bags in the dark, alone and unaware whether they are getting stronger, faster, […]
The big fight this weekend was destined to put new live streaming apps Meerkat and Periscope in one corner and television providers in the other. And if there was one thing that did not disappoint Saturday night, it was their ability to provide users with free live streams of Mayweather’s historic victory. The problems started […]
