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Olympic men boxed without headguards in 2016
The equipment was dropped for men after research found it did not protect against concussion Headguards had been compulsory in amateur boxing since the 1980s. The governing body removed them for elite men in 2013 and Rio 2016 was the first Olympics without them, while women continued to wear them. Studies had suggested headgear encouraged a false sense of safety and might increase injuries. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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