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Medical Forum / General / Vision / July 2006contacts and boxing
contacts and boxing Is it okay to wear contacts while boxing or fighting? Do many boxers wear contacts while boxing? >contacts and boxing > >Is it okay to wear contacts while boxing or fighting? I would not wear non soft contact lenses while engaging in boxing or elective fighting where strikes are involved (i.e., Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submission grappling would be fine; Karate, NHB fighting would not). > contacts and boxing > > Is it okay to wear contacts while boxing or fighting? > > Do many boxers wear contacts while boxing? No. World Boxing Assoc rule for professionals. The International Amateur Boxing Association does allow them (soft), but very bad idea for the obvious reasons. T. >> contacts and boxing >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > T. Do they allow hard contacts? I do not understand the reasons for not allowing soft contacts. I ask this because i have to prepare myself if some punk comes up to me on the street and i have to defend ymself with contacts in my eyes. >> No. World Boxing Assoc rule for professionals. The International >> Amateur Boxing Association does allow them (soft), but very bad idea >> for the obvious reasons. > I do not understand the reasons for not allowing soft contacts. If you read the response carefully, it said the IABA _allows_ soft. I don't see why it's a "bad" idea. Soft lenses wouldn't make a blunt-trauma injury any worse. Rigid lenses probably _would_ cause more damage than without the lens. > I ask this because i have to prepare myself if some punk comes up to me on > the street and i have to defend ymself with contacts in my eyes. Soft lenses aren't what I'd worry about. I'd worry about having credible witnesses so I could file an assault charge. -MT >>> No. World Boxing Assoc rule for professionals. The International >>> Amateur Boxing Association does allow them (soft), but very bad idea >>> for the obvious reasons. why is it a bad idea anyways? > why is it a bad idea anyways? I don't know. I don't think it is. That quote was from another response. -MT > No. World Boxing Assoc rule for professionals. The International Amateur Boxing Association does allow them (soft), but very bad > idea for the obvious reasons. I don't understand what adverse consequences could arise from wearing soft lenses while boxing. Having said that, I don't believe that boxing requires exceptional distance vision, since the sport is performed inside a small ring and the combatants are within arm's length, most of the time, or should be. Go figure. DrG
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