Do you wear boxing gloves to protect your hands, or to not beat your opponent too badly?

Are boxing gloves worn to diminish the killing power of the first to protect the opponent and thus make the boxing match safer?

To figure out these questions, you have to start with the history of boxing gloves.

The prototype of modern boxing gloves appeared in 1743, invented by an Englishman named Jack Broughton.

At the time of the boxing match, the boxers are boxing, Broughton invented boxing gloves not to change the established rules of the game.

He just wanted to let his disciples not have to be beaten in the face in training.

The boxing scene is very bloody, because the boxer's face as long as the hard fist to come on, is easy to open the flesh.

But at the same time, because the human hand bones are not as strong as the head bones, the punching party faces a sprained wrist. Even a fractured hand bone is a huge risk.

In 1988, the champion Mike Tyson and a boxer named Mickey Greene fought outside the ring because of trivial matters, and in a rage, Tyson punched Mickey Greene with a broken nose and fainted on the spot.

But Tyson himself also had a broken metacarpal and had to postpone the later matches.

In a bare-knuckle boxing match, full of blood boxers can often torture each other for dozens or even hundreds of rounds, but it is difficult to hit a KO, the whole process can be said to be bloody and brutal, and dragging boring.

But after the establishment of modern boxing rules, boxing gloves largely eliminated the fighter's concerns about hand injuries during the match.

They can hit hard with all their might and try more combinations of techniques, the pace of the match becomes faster and duels become more frequent.

At the same time, the gloves also make the fighters less prone to bleeding and the fights become less bloody.

But on the other hand, while the gloves reduced the fighter's chances of suffering a flesh wound, they actually increased the risk of concussions.

Because of the elasticity of the gloves, when the head is hit by a heavy punch, the magnitude of the shock will be much greater than being hit by a hard, bare fist.

The human brain has some room to move within the skull, and when the magnitude of the head shock is too great.

The brain tissue will slam into the skull and the person will instantly lose consciousness.

So the boxing glove doesn't actually make the fight safer.

It serves more to protect the punch that was thrown than the head that was hit.

The main purpose of boxing gloves is to protect the wrist and finger joints.

If a boxer throws a punch, it will be with more force and if it is not protected, it can easily cause dislocation of the fingers.

Wearing boxing gloves can have a cushioning effect, reducing the power of the puncher, and protecting yourself while also protecting your opponent.

Summary of the role of boxing gloves.

1. Protect the boxer from soft tissue contusions or swelling

2. Provide cushioning to avoid serious injuries

3. To protect the hand from injury

4. When the game without regard to injury to the opponent, can make the game more intense, more exciting, and exciting