Those procedures have since been adopted by the European Boxing Union [EBU]. The design of all gloves worn in fights commissioned by BBBoC must be vetted long before they’re used in a fight.

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Britain’s Mr Boris Johnson – himself pictured in the past wearing red boxing gloves – was left red-faced in 2015 when he flattened a 10-year-old Japanese rugby fan while playing during a ...