If an airbag was bone that was surrounded by a half inch sheaf of foam with the same density as a boxing glove - impact would kill...
'Air' bag... The clue is in the name Ross... A large, voluminous sack, full of air and low density materials has completelty different properties when it comes to deceleration than a compact and dense object.
Again, the density and volume of foam used in a boxing glove has a very small affect on acceleration (if anything it INCREASES mass, remember f=m x a!) of both the fist and cranium.
The padding mostly dissapates the return of force to the fist, which is more to do with Newton's third law of motion than the second.
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