DIRTY GLOVES DANGER
ENGLISH BOXING BODIES REG r LATION S Sl' G GESTED LONDON, ,l)oc. 21.—Suggested regulation for the Avell-boing of boxers :iro contained in a statoinoiit of policy which has boon issued by the National Boxing Association, the English boxers’ union. TliO'v propose various limitations ol time for the duration of contests in which youthful boxers take part and the improvement 01. gymnasia and dressing rooms. \ The most interesting suggestions, however, relate to “punch drunkenness, ” and 111oi sterilising of boxing gloves. The N.8..V. want medical officers on duty at tournaments to make confidential reports on all boxers showing symptoms ol punch drunkenness with a view to fuller examination^
They add: "Whore .advisable in the interests of health, men showing such symptoms or tendencies should be suspended Irom lurther boxing until passed Al.”
Proposing the sterilising ol gloves alter each contest, tin* association point out “Dirty, sweaty gloves harbour genus and-are a grave danger to boxers and others. Blindness has been caused by dirty gloves.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 149, 22 February 1939, Page 1
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165DIRTY GLOVES DANGER Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 149, 22 February 1939, Page 1
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