Boxing debate: Does wearing headgear actually increase risk of concussion?

Source: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/boxing-debate-does-wearing-headgear-actually-increase-risk-of-concussion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boxing-debate-does-wearing-headgear-actually-increase-risk-of-concussion

Retired cardiac surgeon Dr. Charles Butler, a former president of USA Boxing and the chairman of AIBA’s medical commission, compared the rate of concussions one with and one without headgear. The results were astounding. Butler examined 28,802 rounds, in which headguards were worn in slightly more than 14,000 and in which they were not worn

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