boxing

boxing, Olympics, headgear

Health

Governing body drops headgear for male amateur boxers, but makes female fighters wear them

Youth

Pulling no punches: 14-year-old girl aspires to be first Navajo boxer to win Olympics

Avery Brundage stands to speak at an International Olympic Committee meeting in 1965

The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City

Push to allow professional athletes took hold in 1968 Olympic Games