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2. Headgear (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Boxing training - Wikipedia

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   Headgear: Used to protect boxers from soft tissue damage, (bruises, cuts, etc.), during sparring - also used in competition in amateur boxing. Headgear offers no protection from the effects of hard punches (stunning, knockdowns, KOs).

4. Toughman Contest - Wikipedia

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   Toughman Contest formats vary from state to state and are configured to each particular state’s rules and regulations. The most common format prescribes the use of standard amateur boxing rules, 16 ounces for each glove, protective headgear, and bouts made of 3 rounds of boxing.

5. Georg F Brueckner - Wikipedia

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   His boxing gloves and headgear were introduced as official gear for the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. It was the first modern boxing glove made with highly shock dampening polyurethane padding.

6. The Day I Finally Threw My First Punch - AOL

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   “Real boxing. Sparring. You’ll wear headgear.” I said sure. ... Lee checked mouth guards, chose boxers of similar size, jammed competition gloves over outstretched fingers, taped laces. I ...

7. Amateur boxing - Wikipedia

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   Amateur boxing emerged as a sport during the mid-to-late 19th century, partly as a result of the moral controversies surrounding professional prize-fighting.Originally lampooned as an effort by upper and middle-class gentlemen to co-opt a traditionally working class sport, the safer, "scientific" style of boxing found favour in schools, universities and in the armed forces, although the ...