Head Guards (Aba) ?

[neems 2,406]

How do you mean they dont turn the fist

There's too much padding so rotating at the wrist and the part of the fist that lands don't matter like it used to,as long as some part lands on your opponent.

 

Look at a lot of mma fighters punch,its usually sloppy I know but they get proper rotation and land with the right part of the hand.

[marky b 309]

 

How do you mean they dont turn the fist

There's too much padding so rotating at the wrist and the part of the fist that lands don't matter like it used to,as long as some part lands on your opponent.

 

Look at a lot of mma fighters punch,its usually sloppy I know but they get proper rotation and land with the right part of the hand.

I think that's why they put the white part across the fist to help scoring

[gnasher16 30,280]

Cant really add much more to what the lads have already said......its not really about preference,NO fighter prefers to wear one but they have their uses...preparing for fights etc but even then an elbow is still going to cut you regardless.........and if you cop a good smack on the chin a headguards not going to save you !...I think it was Stan who said it,wearing headguards can be more dangerous than not wearing them,they absorb some of the punch......meaning a hard shot or a 3 punch combination that would maybe end a fight or at least put you down....doesnt........so you just end up taking more shots than if you wasnt wearing one.

More importantly than headguards in my opinion is the scoring........at long last the amateurs are binning that daft computer scoring and going with the tried and tested 10 point must....................brings the whole sport closer to the real thing in my opinion.

[bird 9,969]

Cant really add much more to what the lads have already said......its not really about preference,NO fighter prefers to wear one but they have their uses...preparing for fights etc but even then an elbow is still going to cut you regardless.........and if you cop a good smack on the chin a headguards not going to save you !...I think it was Stan who said it,wearing headguards can be more dangerous than not wearing them,they absorb some of the punch......meaning a hard shot or a 3 punch combination that would maybe end a fight or at least put you down....doesnt........so you just end up taking more shots than if you wasnt wearing one.

More importantly than headguards in my opinion is the scoring........at long last the amateurs are binning that daft computer scoring and going with the tried and tested 10 point must....................brings the whole sport closer to the real thing in my opinion.

[rocket ronnie 243]

its only open class boxers an senior level who wont be wearing them an great news for me as i f***ing hate wearing them