Contact Lenses

[Pork Chop]

I'm never gonna fight without them again, but then I'm basically blind without them.

My optometrist said the "idea that soft contacts would cause injury to the eye due to a punch is ignorant" (his exact words).

I've been sparring with contacts (and boxing gloves) for over 7 years.

Getting hit with bigger gloves is more of a problem for me than with smaller gloves because of the larger surface area (harder to take the shot at a good angle) and they tend to be in contact longer due to the extra padding, which causes a smearing-like feeling. The smearing tends to pop out my contacts much more than a stinging blow.

I'd MUCH rather fight with at least one good eye than no good eyes, but then again I'm probably much worse off vision-wise than some of you.
It may be illegal in the state of Texas, not 100% sure but it's one rule I have no problem breaking & I'll deal with any consequences.

[cnnxcore]

I was wondering this the other day.

I'm near-legally blind and wear hard contacts (gas permeable) so fighting without my contacts isn't an option, nor is surgery (too bad to get it), so maybe get soft contacts to fight in?

But I can see if the boxer was wearing hard contacts there could be a danger of the contact cutting your cornea.

[FLYBOY]

I was wondering this the other day.

I'm near-legally blind and wear hard contacts (gas permeable) so fighting without my contacts isn't an option, nor is surgery (too bad to get it), so maybe get soft contacts to fight in?

But I can see if the boxer was wearing hard contacts there could be a danger of the contact cutting your cornea.

so I guess they don't allow boxers to fight with hard contact lenses?