The Role Of Ring Girl In Professional Boxing Will Soon Be Replaced By AI

Illustration - The role of ring girls in professional boxing starting in 1965 will disappear being replaced by AI or artificial intelligence. (Omar Vega/Invision/AP Images)

JAKARTA Ring girls or ring girls seem to be an inseparable part of professional boxing. Beautiful women with sexy bodies are always shown in every break of a professional boxing match.

However, the tradition that has been going on since 1965 will soon disappear, following plans to use artificial intelligence (AI), artificial intelligence in professional boxing events. The AI will replace the role of ring girls to show the rounds that boxers will live, and many other things.

An AI model named Lily Hayes will become the first girl to replace the role of the original ring girl.

"Technology is developing very quickly, including its influence in every sport. Sports organizations are also innovating by utilizing AI influencers. Lily has built an extraordinary fan base in the last 12 months, and pro boxing is one of the best ways to get into the mainstream of world sports," said creator Lily Hayes, as quoted by the Daily Star.

Ring girls has become part of the boxing family. But one thing they can't do is interact with fans for 24 hours 7 days a week. And it is done in various languages," said the creator who was not mentioned his identity.

Lily Hayes The AI girl has become known through the paid platform Fanvue. According to a spokesman for Fanvue, Lily Hayes is able to make 20 thousand pounds sterling, around Rp407 million per week from uploads and chats with her fans.

The ring girl tradition begins with a boxing promoter named Bill Miller. He has a routine agenda of playing pro boxing matches every Tuesday night at the Hacienda Hotel, Las Vegas.

In 1965 Miller made innovations to add elements of entertainment to every boxing show he presented. So he hired girls to parade around the ring while carrying markers of the upcoming round. Miller's innovation quickly developed not only throughout the United States, but also the world.

The use of AI in boxing began when the second match of Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 21. The match uses one AI jury, in addition to the three original judges who traditionally gave an assessment of boxers.