Biosense Medical measures Hatton hits

Biosense Medical collaborated with the University of Manchester to discover how hard boxer Ricky Hatton can punch recently.

The firm attached a sensor to a 30 kg punch bag, with the equipment wired to a laptop to detect how hard the boxer could strike.

But following an initial reading of 1,500 kg of force, the researchers realised the blow had cause the sensor to malfunction.

A subsequent reading was determined to be accurate and measured the boxer’s strike rate at 400 kg and a top speed of 32 mph.

Colin Burgess, director and product manager for biomechanics at Biosense Medical, said: "We’re more used to demonstrating our equipment to medical specialists, so this was something quite different.

"Our products have been used in the past for measuring the force of karate chops but clocking the efforts of a champion boxer was quite a challenge."

Biosense Medical states that it has 60 years of experience in supplying equipment to the NHS and private practices across the UK.