Data Boxing (1976)

Data Boxing is a detailed, realistic simulation of boxing where boxers of all eras are matched. There is a real component to it because it's based on the actual performance of boxers. Individual fighters are rated on cards, and bouts are resolved through dice and charts. Data Boxing is based on decades of study and research. It began as a research project in 1967 by humanities professor and boxing authority, Dr. Julian Compton (1940-2010). The heavyweights were evaluated on up to 155 variables. The table game first appeared in 1976. The computerized version was first released in 2004 which is set up similarly to the board game. The computer implementation was done by NASA programmer Don Mankowski. Data Boxing was featured in the December 1977 edition of Ring Magazine, The People's Almanac [1978], Computer Sports Matchups [1981] and in the December 13th, 2006 issue of the Tallahassee Democrat.

To quote game designer Julian Compton's user page at BoxRec: "The game was popular with boxing writers, due to it's obvious awareness of information below the headlines of boxing history, and it's mathematical structure, which allowed for the matchup of boxing greats from different time periods."