Educational boxing totally harmless or only safer than amateur and professional boxing

Summary Objective We both propose educational boxing as a means to prevent boxing derived injuries and subject to the examination of research workers the expected total safeness of educational boxing. Method We have examined various documents (internet-based, of “Bibliotheque nationale de France – site Francois Mitterrand”, and those used to train future boxing coaches, judges and referees in France). Results Educational boxing is the unique form of competition boxing in which the boxer strives to increase the safety of the opponent he is aimed to win by landing exclusively light touches instead of blows. This is the first peer reviewed article dealing with the subject.