Protection
Most boxers are required to wear some form of protection when fighting. Amateur boxers are required to wear headgear and a sleeveless shirt in the color of their corner, while professionals fight bare-chested and without headgear.
Female boxers in amateur ranks are allowed a short sleeved shirt, where as professionals wear a sleeveless shirt. All female boxers are allowed a chest protector. All boxers are required a mouthpiece, the construction of which is up to the sanctioning body and the fighters. All boxers in sanctioned bouts are required to have a foul protector, which protects the groin and lower abdomen. Female foul protectors have less padding in the groin, but are still required in sanctioned bouts.
