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Old 01-21-2016, 01:06 AM   #98
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Originally Posted by T@T View Post
Wrong, boxing gloves were designed to protect the hands and to prolong fights, back in the day bare knuckle prize fights ended more often with broken hands than knockouts. The energy is the same hitting your head bare fisted or gloved and because less local injurys occure concussions are more likely with the use of gloves.
No. Sorry, intention behind introducing gloves aside, this is not correct. Physics dictate that the glove diminishes and distributes the location of the force of impact.
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