Coomonwealth Games - Why Do Women Boxers Wear Headguards But Men Don't?

[Mick-the-Miller]

Does anybody know why Women Boxers wear headguards but the Men fight bare-headed?

I've seen quite a few nasty cuts which you would think was an argument in favour of headguards but for some reason they are no longer used in Men's Boxing.

Women fight four two-minute rounds as opposed to three three-minute rounds - again tge obvious question is why?

[wolf63]

Cause the women have brains and they don't want any injuries to them.

[Old_Geezer]

No expert but I believe the additional mass from the headgear increases momentum when a punch lands and the result is greater risk of injury. Why women use them, I can only guess maybe they don't hit hard enough for it to be an issue ?

[Svejk]

as far as I know, all amateur boxers wear head-gear and have 2 minute rounds. unless they've changed the rules recently.

[Cloverjo]

Your first question is explained here.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/9087686/olympic-boxing-drops-head-guards-changes-scoring-system
Personally, I am not a boxing fan, but enjoyed watching Olympic boxing with the head guards because I felt the boxers wouldn't get too hurt. I don't think I can watch the Commonwealth boxing now. I don't enjoy watching people trying to bash each others' brains out.
For the second question, I don't know, but perhaps a shorter fighting time for women was a condition of allowing them to box competitively at all.

[Svejk]

what do you know, they have changed the rules. strange in these health & safety obsessed days.