[Dabappa]

Originally Posted by fil

Cool if true, but if these are AIBA approved why is it that every Website that carries these head guards are based in the UK? I only saw one other listing in Australia and one in the US.
http://www.totiro-usa.com/Catalog/Head-Guards

Also the head guard that was "Tested at the Technical University of Berlin Approved by AIBA" are the TOP TEN Leather AIBA head guard and not these that are listed by the OP:
http://www.ringsport.com.au/d355/top...iba-head-guard
http://www.lonsdaleboxing.co.uk/stor...show/4096.html
http://www.sugarrays.co.uk/shop/prod...cat=103&page=1

AIBA (International Amateur Boxing Association) is an international organization, thus the foreign links. For whatever reason, Top-Ten has not been aggressively marketed in the USA. So far only three suppliers in the USA have been mentioned:

www.topten-usa.com
www.shop.sportkarategroup.com
www.totiro-usa.com

As far as I know there are three Top-Ten competition models available with AIBA certification, and I can only assume all have undergone the formal “crash” testing:

Top-Ten Leather
Top-Ten Olympia
Top-Ten Avantguard

I have the Avantguard training model, and none of the training models are AIBA certified, probably because the cheek guards and/or color make them illegal for competition; however the basic construction is essentially the same as the approved models.

It appears only a handful of AIBA certified guards available from other manufacturers; one each from Adidas and Greenhill come up on Google.

If fit or personal preference is an issue, there are plenty of other brands with great reviews here in G&E. Try searching for Fightgear, KO Fightgear, and Rival.