BRINE:Making the facial skin tougher..

[HeroClass]

To make the skin have a durable leathery armor to it..I really hate headgear and don't believe it protects even the skin around the eyes.. Marciano's trainer talked about headgear in detail and why it was useless to use during sparring....

[Nameless]

To make the skin have a durable leathery armor to it..I really hate headgear and don't believe it protects even the skin around the eyes.. Marciano's trainer talked about headgear in detail and why it was useless to use during sparring....

I fail to see how an extra padding on your head can't help. Beside, I doubt you can make your skin tough enough to compensate a couple of inches of pad.

[HeroClass]

The design of headgear with padding around the eyes makes the skin softer,not tougher..That's one way of getting cut..Since i don't believe i can argue very well in this post i'll share a link and let Rocky Marciano's trainer explain it..... Agree or Not.... You Decide

Veteran fighter and trainer Charley Goldman stated that boxers from his era had tougher skin for two reasons: (1) they didn’t use headgear, and (2) they’d bathe their face in brine. He said, “It doesn’t make sense to train with headgear if you fight without them. I never wore headgear and I must have had 300 fights. I don’t remember getting cut but once.” “It’s simple,” he said, “you cover something up, you protect it, it becomes tender, that’s what happens to the skin around a fighter’s eyes. His second point, “The use of brine was prevalent. Fighters such as Terry McGovern would bathe their face with brine before and after every workout. Their skin got to be real leathery. It had to be or those fellows never would have been able to fight 25 and 30 rounds.” Dr Vincent Nardiello stated, “others used a solution of water and rock salt.” Dr Nardiello also commented on headgear stating his own personal reflection when he boxed under the name of Jimmy Sheppard to earn his way through medical school. “Speaking from my own experience, when I started, there were a few times when I butted heads in the gym, and because I didn’t have a headguard, I felt it plenty. As a result, I made darn sure of my technique the next time I moved so it wouldn’t happen again. It stands to reason, that a fighter would learn the proper technique if they didn’t go in there wearing football helmets ”

[Scrap]

Agree about Technique and not getting Hit. But soft pliable Skin, doesnt tare as much as leathery Skin.

[HeroClass]

Well i believe leathery skin to be tough but i am not basing this on taking a knife to my leather arm chair in front of my television..LoL Why you do not agree is fine with me i just wanted feedback on this,so we all can learn from each other...

[Scrap]

Hero, Boxers get Hit in the Face, a lot round the Eyes. Over a period of Time, the Receptors in and around the skin, dont work as well. So the messages for the Homeostasis dont relay as well, to repair the bruising, Therefore it hardens, thats when Fighters get cut, okay a Head can do it straight away, but as a rule Cuts happen to Fighters more, at the end of careers than at the beginning. Id rather use Caladula and Arnica Creams to keep the Skin supple, also for the Healing properties.

[HeroClass]

I will checkout those products you listed even though i still don't agree with you.I really do believe the Old School had it right.At least the fighters had excellent technique which you said.They never hardly clashed heads like these fighters do these days.