Total Bouts in the BoxRec Database: By Decade

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[Ric]

Just in, courtesy of John:

1850s: 7
1860s: 54
1870s: 254
1880s: 3,334
1890s: 13,212
1900s: 27,914
1910s: 70,199
1920s: 204,523
1930s: 207,994
1940s: 179,320
1950s: 143,092
1960s: 96,397
1970s: 98,043
1980s: 127,795
1990s: 138,204
2000s: 181,764
2010s: 20,895

[-KOKid-]

Could we please get an updated version of the number of fights held per year?
Or at least for 2011?

Thanks!

[John]

1850s: 7
1860s: 54
1870s : 298
1880s: 4,150
1890s: 14,459
1900s: 29,596
1910s: 76,724
1920s: 220,784
1930s: 222,433
1940s: 184,987
1950s: 145,819
1960s: 97,965
1970s: 98,789
1980s: 128,534
1990s: 138,491
2000s: 182,858
2010s: 42,950

[John]

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1852 	1
1853 	1
1854 	1
1857 	1
1858 	2
1859 	1
1860 	3
1861 	4
1862 	4
1863 	3
1864 	2
1865 	4
1866 	6
1867 	9
1868 	9
1869 	10
1870 	3
1871 	9
1872 	36
1873 	18
1874 	18
1875 	17
1876 	26
1877 	52
1878 	51
1879 	68
1880 	42
1881 	51
1882 	142
1883 	176
1884 	344
1885 	379
1886 	815
1887 	728
1888 	635
1889 	838
1890 	890
1891 	864
1892 	950
1893 	869
1894 	900
1895 	1333
1896 	1472
1897 	2055
1898 	2301
1899 	2825
1900 	3533
1901 	1666
1902 	2921
1903 	2724
1904 	2747
1905 	2579
1906 	2957
1907 	2851
1908 	3531
1909 	4089
1910 	5947
1911 	7086
1912 	7065
1913 	6804
1914 	6874
1915 	8553
1916 	9229
1917 	8175
1918 	5474
1919 	11517
1920 	16155
1921 	17812
1922 	20474
1923 	21344
1924 	22256
1925 	21107
1926 	21619
1927 	24286
1928 	27262
1929 	28469
1930 	30928
1931 	31182
1932 	26160
1933 	24473
1934 	22159
1935 	18848
1936 	16492
1937 	19958
1938 	16825
1939 	15413
1940 	14626
1941 	11524
1942 	11088
1943 	11498
1944 	14909
1945 	16289
1946 	29688
1947 	29299
1948 	24324
1949 	21742
1950 	19048
1951 	17095
1952 	16170
1953 	15297
1954 	14695
1955 	13732
1956 	12759
1957 	12403
1958 	12777
1959 	11850
1960 	11553
1961 	11211
1962 	10712
1963 	9680
1964 	9236
1965 	8817
1966 	9138
1967 	9151
1968 	9319
1969 	9148
1970 	10627
1971 	10141
1972 	9325
1973 	9790
1974 	8855
1975 	9043
1976 	8563
1977 	10601
1978 	10093
1979 	11751
1980 	12252
1981 	13657
1982 	15096
1983 	14445
1984 	12515
1985 	12684
1986 	11255
1987 	11549
1988 	12147
1989 	12934
1990 	13331
1991 	12428
1992 	13017
1993 	14162
1994 	13621
1995 	14144
1996 	14170
1997 	14694
1998 	14063
1999 	14861
2000 	14859
2001 	15765
2002 	16747
2003 	16921
2004 	18247
2005 	19332
2006 	19772
2007 	20540
2008 	20112
2009 	20563
2010 	20584
2011 	21611
2012 	756

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[Ric]

Also, as of Jan. 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Pacific Time (USA), the total and actual number of bouts in the database: 1,583,421.

Which means that the Editors entered some 78,000 bouts in the past year, or some 1,500 each week.

[m1kee50]

There's already been 756 bouts taken place this year?

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There's already been 756 bouts taken place this year?

That number includes scheduled bouts as well.
Every bout entered with a 2012 date on it - http://boxrec.com/schedule.php?country= ... &SUBMIT=Go

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Also, as of Jan. 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Pacific Time (USA), the total and actual number of bouts in the database: 1,583,421.

Which means that the Editors entered some 78,000 bouts in the past year, or some 1,500 each week.

How does that work rate compare with earlier years?
Are we getting lazy or better?

[stac]

slower but that is envitable

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I suppose that might have a lot to do with the fact that most of the remaining recorded fights to be entered are found in sources that less people have access to.

Almost all results in well known sources, at least from the last 3-4 decades, have been entered already.
A lot of the fights being entered into the database these days took place pre-1950.

That said, there is a mountain of work left to be done from that era.

[stac]

TRY FULTON POSTcards they have all pre war new york papers and its free.....newspaper archive is cheapish about 60 quid a year....google news archive obviously no longer growing but still plenty of bouts in there.....free aswell....i have a subsciption to britishnewspaper archive but mostly pre 1900 but hopefully will grow but usual copyright issues think copyright in uk is 100 years ...us 75 i think....try the australian newspaper archive ....fecking brilliant ..free and a real good search engine...1000s bouts there pre war.....so still much work to do....i would not be suprised to say we have not even got 50 percent of the british fights in the database....2million is the target.......guess sometime in 2014 hopefully........lol

[Demy]

From Italy I have a lot of work to do. Before to check and than to insert many missing bouts. Yesterday I inserted more 50 bouts. Every editor is performing a wonderful work and also the administrators are doing very well. Congratulations to everyone.

[John]

Hi Demy,
I would like to add to your sentiment, I think we are building the modern equivalent of an Egyptian pyramid, over the last 10 years the amount of time and expertise put in by the editors is staggering

[Ric]

Today we reached the 1.6 million "total bouts in the database" mark!

[SportsRatings]

There's already been 756 bouts taken place this year?

That number includes scheduled bouts as well.
Every bout entered with a 2012 date on it - http://boxrec.com/schedule.php?country= ... &SUBMIT=Go

Is there a way to do a similar query on results? Say, to only get heavyweight fight results? (Aren't the fights tagged with weight class now?)

[Ric]

Today a BoxRec Editor entered the bout with ID #1,700,000! However, due to bouts deleted for various reasons over the years, as of this moment there are "only" 1,627,761 bouts in the BoxRec database.

[SportsRatings]

Ok, I have a question: Was the number of heavyweight bouts this month exceptionally and ridiculously low?

It seemed that almost no HW of prominence fought in August.

In my own database (nothing like BoxRec's ... only includes bouts where both fighters are somewhat prominent) there were TWO heavyweight bouts this month that qualified for inclusion. I believe that's the fewest since September of 1897!

Next month, though, it looks like almost everyone in the top 100 is fighting.

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John, what was the totalt number of bouts staged in 2012?

[Ric]

Here we go, folks!

As of this moment, early Tuesday (US west coast time), we have 1,749,975 bout results in the BoxRec database--closing in any moment on 1.75 million bouts entered. (This already excludes duplicates and the like, but does include some scheduled bouts that may not actually occur.)

We reached 1 million in August 2001 (12 years ago: entering ~62,500/yr); and 1.5 million in March 2010 (three years ago, per a much earlier post here, or ~83,300/yr).

John, can we get a breakdown like you did before, of how many bouts have been recorded for each year?

[John]

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2014	3
2013	14001
2012	22265
2011	22491
2010	21053
2009	20902
2008	20625
2007	20714
2006	20087
2005	19552
2004	18406
2003	17113
2002	17001
2001	16026
2000	15071
1999	15235
1998	14269
1997	15067
1996	14287
1995	14274
1994	13766
1993	14374
1992	13280
1991	12703
1990	13484
1989	13153
1988	12362
1987	11690
1986	11350
1985	12741
1984	12581
1983	14547
1982	15211
1981	14040
1980	12538
1979	11950
1978	10596
1977	10975
1976	8919
1975	9372
1974	9224
1973	10245
1972	10379
1971	11222
1970	11124
1969	9864
1968	9815
1967	9623
1966	9710
1965	9415
1964	9675
1963	10271
1962	11302
1961	11764
1960	12215
1959	12303
1958	13091
1957	12913
1956	13447
1955	14461
1954	15711
1953	16032
1952	16792
1951	17739
1950	19820
1949	22613
1948	25695
1947	30488
1946	30936
1945	17185
1944	15660
1943	12702
1942	12350
1941	12914
1940	15891
1939	17134
1938	19047
1937	24517
1936	20433
1935	23767
1934	26667
1933	28997
1932	30914
1931	35794
1930	36138
1929	33654
1928	32337
1927	28389
1926	24307
1925	22900
1924	24305
1923	23669
1922	22859
1921	19362
1920	17662
1919	12351
1918	6311
1917	9055
1916	10463
1915	9223
1914	8145
1913	8106
1912	8598
1911	8430
1910	7129
1909	5552
1908	4465
1907	3807
1906	3862
1905	3642
1904	3211
1903	3087
1902	3281
1901	1858
1900	3817
1899	3051
1898	2410
1897	2170
1896	1598
1895	1418
1894	982
1893	922
1892	982
1891	888
1890	905
1889	883
1888	649
1887	744
1886	823
1885	410
1884	377
1883	202
1882	148
1881	50
1880	44
1879	72
1878	51
1877	54
1876	27
1875	30
1874	24
1873	31
1872	48
1871	9
1870	4
1869	11
1868	7
1867	10
1866	4
1865	4
1864	2
1863	3
1862	4
1861	4
1860	3
1859	1
1858	2
1857	1
1854	1
1853	1
1852	1

[kochamp]

There's already been 756 bouts taken place this year?

That number includes scheduled bouts as well.
Every bout entered with a 2012 date on it - http://boxrec.com/schedule.php?country= ... &SUBMIT=Go

Is there a way to do a similar query on results? Say, to only get heavyweight fight results? (Aren't the fights tagged with weight class now?)

Yes something like this would be very handy

[Bundana]

I guess, it would be a bit complicated to work out... but is there any way, we can get the number of active boxers per year or per decade? That would be VERY interesting!

[Ric]

John, can we get end-of-year results? Happy New Year, everyone!