Boxing is a sport in which very tough men and sometimes women get into a ring and beat each other. It is a test of will, stamina and strength. Some say that one-on-one nature is the epitome of what sports competition is all about. Watching two people go through the rounds of a boxing match seems to be something we can all relate to, be it a symbol of life or our innate competitive nature.
To box competitively, long hours of training are required and this takes its toll on saving partners. Without partial partners it is difficult to practice. Until now there is no robot that has been developed to move, weave and rock like a professional wrestler. There is no robot that can move that fast, block and dodge, or one that can strike back and actually make contact with a skilled human boxer.
Imagine skimping on your partner, who is Sugar Ray Leonard, and fighting his holographic image. Imagine fighting your exact Olympics fights, step by step, right there in the ring with you? Could you stand behind him, hitting or in front of him, dodging and then shooting when you could? Once you’ve gotten good, you could even step into it as a choreographed routine. Can you imagine the moves you could learn fighting Rocky, Sugar Ray, Jerry Foreman or Mohammed Ali?
Holographic technologies are getting closer and closer to becoming a reality and we will soon be able to see data on our computers in 3D, 4D and 5D. We will enjoy Virtual Reality in our 360 X-Box in our rooms. Military strategists and warriors can play the virtual battle space battle ahead of time and then watch it unfold in real time. Great-grandchildren will be about to meet their ancestors and watch a holographic video. We will communicate in videoconference with the image of the other people sitting next to us, but not there. All of this is on the way and even more as the applications are endless.
But one of the greatest uses of these new technologies will be in the training of high impact intensive sports and Boxing is undoubtedly the perfect application to train our athletes for competition or to represent the United States of America in the Olympic Games. . Think about this.