Boxing headgear is a serious equipment. Many people think that having a set of boxing gloves is a declaration that you are a boxer or fighter. However, to me, those who carries a good headgear around are those who have gone through certain amount of training and gain a good amount of experience, aka, the pros. In the limelight, we often focus on the shining weapons taped to the two fighters’ hands and often fail to realize the amount of effort, injury, and pain that it took to get there. Behind every successful boxer and fighter, is a good headgear! (in addition to a good coach, of course) And today, we are going to give you the rundown on how to choose your own headgear…
Type of headgear is the first thing you should consider before you even begin shopping. There are many different types of headgear out there made for different purposes. Of course, they all protect your head, or at least 3/4 of your head. The difference lies in the amount of face, back of the head protection, and the amount of padding used. In general, Training headgear have more padding, more protection to the face and back of the head. This sounds good until you consider how much it weights compare to lighter options. Competition headgear for amateur level boxing or sparring are more uniform since they are made under the same competition headgear guidelines. These are mostly open face headgear that do not have much protection to the face. In return, they are much lighter than the training headgear and will feel less cumbersome. One thing to stress is that the best protection is total evasion! So make sure the headgear doesn’t get in the way.
Visibility is the fourth thing you should consider when shopping. Surely, the headgear being an added protection to your head will to some degree appear in your field of vision. Generally, the less padding, the better the visibility and vice versa. However, given that almost all fighting arts will tell you to keep your chin down, the main visibility problems, at least for me, appears in the upper parts of your field of vision. Thus, make sure that your peripheral vision at the left and right extreme as well as the top is not too obstructed. For MMA figthers, Taewondo fighters, and others when visibility of the lower body is necessary to detect the kick, having cheek protection will definitely get in the way. So the open-face headgear is recommended. Since everyone’s face is different, individuals will have to find the best compromise between protection and visibility. But if you can see the strike coming and evade it, it is the best protection.
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