New Study on Headgear Use

**Hanniballistic** · Posted On: 2/12/2012 8:26pm

I was also sure I read somewhere it simply made for a bigger target and lessened cuts and pain not impact

**307monkeys** · Posted On: 2/13/2012 3:48am

**307monkeys** · Posted On: 2/13/2012 3:53am

^ Kinda reminded me of that.

**Giga Oni** · Posted On: 2/21/2012 9:50am

boxing should be bareknuckle and with headgear on...cmom its safer for da brain :BabyTroll:

**dwkfym** · Posted On: 2/21/2012 7:02pm

Originally Posted by Neo Sigma

I could swear I've also seen here that there was research done that indicated that the extra weight of headgear caused the head and neck to snap harder and rattle the brain more.

Well, seeing how if your head doesn't move at all it takes even more damage.. the initial impact is whats the most damaging, so this study and that study are not mutually exclusive. Also, my head hasn't snapped around that often.. so this feels like it is less important.

But I have turned guys faces a few times, when things got out of hand. Still, I've been in a fight where I got knocked down a bunch of times (and lost), and I don't think my head snapped around much either.

Uh.. so I guess the conclusion is that I am now retarded, since my head doesn't move much and takes all the impact. damn. I defeated myself with my post. anyways, jokes aside, I'd think reducing the initial impact is most important.

Still, I feel wearing bigger gloves makes for a safer fight than headgear. I prefer both; 16oz gloves and small headgear.

**Wounded Ronin** · Posted On: 3/12/2012 9:02am

Originally Posted by dwkfym

Well, seeing how if your head doesn't move at all it takes even more damage.. the initial impact is whats the most damaging, so this study and that study are not mutually exclusive. Also, my head hasn't snapped around that often.. so this feels like it is less important.

But I have turned guys faces a few times, when things got out of hand. Still, I've been in a fight where I got knocked down a bunch of times (and lost), and I don't think my head snapped around much either.

Uh.. so I guess the conclusion is that I am now retarded, since my head doesn't move much and takes all the impact. damn. I defeated myself with my post. anyways, jokes aside, I'd think reducing the initial impact is most important.

Still, I feel wearing bigger gloves makes for a safer fight than headgear. I prefer both; 16oz gloves and small headgear.

Oh, that's true. Does it matter if the padding's on the hand versus on the head?

**Wing-Kwan-Fu** · Posted On: 3/23/2012 1:58pm

I'm guessing the benefit is in shock absorption but not so much in preventing head movement?

Why can't these articles link to some actual data? We get no indication of how significant the difference is between configurations, what ranges of KE/head mass were used, nothing but broad strokes. Has someone found the actual paper, or did I miss something (tiny cell phone screen).