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Some headgear is open-faced. This is the style normally used in amateur boxing competitions. Unlike open-faced headgear, training headgear covers the cheek. "Face-saver" headgear features a pad across the face so that no direct contact is made to the face. As the amount of padding in headgear is increased, visibility is reduced.
Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, decoration, or for religious or cultural reasons, including social conventions. This is a list of headgear, both modern and historical.
A study conducted by Lystad showed that combat sports with little to no protective gear such as MMA or boxing has an injury incidence rate range of 85.1–280.7 per 1000 athletes in comparison to another striking combat sport like Taekwondo which has a large amount of protective gear such as pads, headgear, mouth guard and gloves, has an injury ...
Global Boxing Union(GBU) 2008 N/A WBF World Boxing Forum [25] 2010 N/A IAB International Association of Boxing International Amateur Boxing [26] 2011 Brazil: ANIB Associação Nacional E Internacional De Boxe N/A N/A IAB International Amateur Boxing [27] 1995 USA: WBU World Boxing Union [28] 2012 USA: WBL World Boxing League [29] N/A N/A UBF
After winning the Bantamweight title in 1892, Canada's George Dixon became the first ever black athlete to win a World Championship in any sport; he was also the first Canadian-born boxing champion. On May 12, 1902, lightweight Joe Gans became the first black American to be boxing champion. Despite the public's enthusiasm, this was an era of ...
The National Boxing Association (NBA), was formed in 1921 as the first organization aimed at regulating boxing on a national (and later global) level. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to a governmental entity, the powerful New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), to join the NBA in sanctioning bouts as "world championships."
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will face off at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, USA under modified rules that include heavier gloves and shorter, two-minute rounds. On Friday (November 15), Iron ...
In amateur boxing, a double knockout result is determined based on the round of competition. In all contests except the final, both fighters are declared to have lost the contest and are eliminated. In the final, where there must be a winner, the contest ends as if the bell sounded at the end of the final round, and the round is scored, with ...