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The International Boxing Association has announced that it is banning headgear in amateur boxing competitions in an effort to reduce concussions, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Boxing officials defended a decision to stop using headgear for male competitors at the Commonwealth Games, saying there had been no concussions at the competition up to Saturday's medal rounds.

According to that report, Butler collected data on roughly 15,000 boxer rounds and determined that in the 7,352 rounds that took place with boxers wearing headgear, the rate of concussion was 0.38 ...

(Though only three are competing in Rio.) However unsettled the science of boxing headgear may be, pros have a good reason to not use headgear. “They’re trying to promote their brand,” says Bir.

It seems almost counterintuitive, another idea dreamed up by the people who have been trying to kill amateur boxing for years. Eliminate headgear, which has been protecting amateur fighters for ...