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amateur boxing head gear

monty_python · 2012-07-31 22:47:16

When was head gear introduced into amateur boxing?

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31-07-2012 11:47pm

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When was head gear introduced into amateur boxing?

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#2 01-08-2012 12:11am
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I believe it came in for the 1984 olympics.

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And it'll be gone next year!

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#4 04-08-2012 9:19pm
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gene_tunney wrote: »

I believe it came in for the 1984 olympics.

While they were used in the 1984 Olympics I know when I boxed up to and including 1987 we didn't wear headgears (including championships). I took a break for a few years and they were definitely in by 1990.

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