Introduction of the use of a safety helmet in the PROs

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  1. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    After the last sad events occurred in boxing, many would want the obbligatory introduction of a safety helmet in the professional bouts. What do you think about this? Can really an helmet prevent all the accidents?
     
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  2. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Nope didn't they remove them from the AMs or Olympics for the simple reason that they don't protect the brain from trauma?
     
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  3. bruce_keyes

    bruce_keyes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yes safety helmet with a protecting face mask, also lets add safety shoulder pads. this will guarantee total safety. also add safety pillows to the gloves.
     
  4. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Seems there are many studies of sports medicine that say the use of a protective helmet (not a simple headgear) would lower a lot the risk of traumas in boxing and seems already exist some prototypes around. Sincerely I dont believe the federations will find an agreement on this question. Too money and interests "to defend" in the PROs.
     
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  5. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Sorry, but I dont share your irony. I think boxing should be a sport not a brutal homicide war. Modern HWs fighters are more powerful than in the past while the heads of the boxers have remained the same.
     
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  6. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I'm your huckleberry, that's just mah game Full Member

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    How about a sarcasm filter for your mouth?
     
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  7. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    But the deaths havent happened at HW so doesnt that tell you something? I may be wrong but get rid of the extreme weight cutting and you will see less of these tragedies.
     
  8. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Yeah. I wrote HWs but I meant many modern boxers including middleweights, welters and even lights.
     
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  9. It's Ovah

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    Extreme weight cutting is a very big problem, but there's no easy way for organisations to police it.
     
  10. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    I think what they should do is same day weigh ins with a 5lbs limit rehydration. That'll force fighters to fight around their natural weight.
     
  11. It's Ovah

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    Not necessarily. Knowing how dumb fighters and their teams are they'll likely just try to rehydrate between the second weigh in and the fight itself, and end up even more badly weight drained than before. Trust me, someone will do this.
     
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  12. IsaL

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    Sounds like you prefer amateur boxing, at least the old way of am boxing.

    As sad as deaths are in boxing, its a job. And just like many jobs it is a risky one, but there are a lot more jobs with much higher death ratios.
     
  13. Boxing2019

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    The truth is today boxers are extreme sportsmen without any security of 100% survival after a performance like the MMA fighters, the base jumpers with the wingsuit, the extreme climbers, the stuntmen... I think though with some more rules in boxing which can save above all young lifes would be better.
     
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  14. RingKing75

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    I agree. But you make the penalty for violation severe. What I would do is make the weigh in right before the fighter gets his hands wrapped. I would make a set time for the fighters to get into the locker room and both would have a set time to wrap their hands. If they violate weight or these time deadlines purses would be penalized and in the event of a title fight the title fight would become a non title fight in the case of a champion violating where he could only lose the title and as he would be officially stripped of the belt upon winning the fight. The challenger in violation would turn the bout into a non title bout where even if he wins he still doesnt gain the title. I think this would work. Again though I dont think any of this would ever happen but it'd be nice to see.
     
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  15. nervousxtian

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    No, you don't get it... people will still drain but not have time to re-hydrate even in your scenario. That is way more dangerous than the current system. The better system is mandatory weight limits at intervals leading up to a fight.. but logistically it's too expensive for the vasty majority of fighters to adhere to that.. as most boxers aren't full time.. boxing is a side gig. Also promoters put up a lot of money upfront for venues and the like, and it'd be to costly to fly all over and get registered weights from guys multiple times.

    What could be done is better medical testing pre- and post- fight with brain scans. More early stoppages when guys are taking too much damage.
     
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