Comments Thread For: IBA Tests New Technology For Athlete Welfare And Sports Integrity

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The International Boxing Association (IBA) has successfully trialed the use of new technology, in the form of impact-sensing mouthguards, at the EUBC European Youth Championships. Boxers from several national boxing federations participated, while the data capture is both anonymized and secured.
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The thing is what good is it when different people can take different power shots, what destroys one guy does nothing to another, how could they set a standard for a doctor to say oh that shot was too hard Im stopping the fight, all good for science and performance data but not to use as a set of rules over the real fights.

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The thing is what good is it when different people can take different power shots, what destroys one guy does nothing to another, how could they set a standard for a doctor to say oh that shot was too hard Im stopping the fight, all good for science and performance data but not to use as a set of rules over the real fights.

I agree, its not practical in a sport in which inflicting damage is apart of the game.