# Make boxing safer - get rid of gloves?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-boxing-safer-get-rid-of-gloves/668526>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 10, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-boxing-safer-get-rid-of-gloves/668526 "2013-09-10T21:15:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-boxing-safer-get-rid-of-gloves/668526/21 "2013-09-23T05:39:53Z")

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FWIW, Jimmy Cagney endorsed losing the gloves. Maybe he was taking the fate of his character in _City for Conques_t to heart.

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