How does amateur boxing safety rank with other contact sports?
Amateur boxing ranks as the safest sport among contact sports such as football and wrestling and among other events such as equestrian events and motorcycle racing. Doesn’t boxing rank as the sport with the most injuries? No, according to the National Safety Council’s recent accident report, amateur boxing ranked 23rd on its list of injuries. Boxing ranks lower in number of injuries when compared to hockey, soccer, gymnastics, and in-line skating. What is USA Boxing doing to protect amateur boxers? In April 1986, after concerns were raised by the America Medical Association and other medical societies, the United States Olympic Committee, at the request of USA Boxing, approved and funded a proposal by the John Hopkins Medical Institutes to initiate a prospective study of active amateur boxers. The study compared USA boxers with little or no experience boxing and compared them to active amateur boxers found no evidence of brain dysfunction or central nervous system defect. The term brai
