AIBA bans headgear

[RiC-DiC]

Yyyyeeeeaaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!

I will break the news to my gym!!!

I hate headgear!!!!!

So happy right now!!!!!!

[baCCaT]

its 1998 all over again for me with this article wow! me and a college friend where discussing about therapeutic management for head injuries/traumas, sci and the like. we were hovering over this, headgears in olympic/amateur boxing doing more harm than good to the athlete. we didnt dig in enough to come up with an acceptable evidence. although we included it in the project for completing the course we took. hahaha really bring back memories..
anyway its really good that the progression for boxers health is still moving forward.

[baCCaT]

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[tonyjones]

And it's going to be three 3 minute rounds. My buddy is fighting tomorrow with no head gear and 3 3's for his AM fight. I'm fighting this April with these rules.

Amateurs been fighting past few years at 3x3.......

[Russian Crushin]

Hmmm im not convinced, the reasoning and data is rather suspect

[Jloro]

lol this does not sound right... I don't think it's a good idea but I guess we will find out lol

[piojo del norte]

when i sparred the freaking headgear didn't let me see for ****.

[RiC-DiC]

when i sparred the freaking headgear didn't let me see for ****.

me too. I have a big head (23 and 3/4 inch circumference!) and I feel so uncomfortable with headgear on, can't see hooks coming and have to lift my chin up so I can see taller targets (pretty much everyone since I only spar CW's and HW's). The one time I was allowed to spar without headgear, it was much easier to bob and weave without getting hit and my head movement felt more "natural" without it. Hope we now have the option at training.

[ShoulderRoll]

Olympic boxing didn't have headgear until 1984 I think. This is just a return to the old school ways and I bet the amateurs will now change for the better.

[-Kev-]

In boxing, there also is the belief that headgear
makes it harder to see to the side to avoid blows

Exactly this. When I boxed, I would tell the guy i'm boxing he could wear headgear but i'm good, I don't want to wear one. They thought I was tough and sh-t, little did they know it was because of this, it made it harder for me to avoid shots with headgear on because it blocked my side views