Barnes’ swipe at head gear rule change

Paddy Barnes vented his frustration about the changes to the head gear rule after yesterday’s quarter-final defeat at the World Elite Championships in Kazakhstan.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) abolished the head guard rule for elite male boxers earlier this year, which had been in operation since the early 1980s.

Both Barnes and Jasurbek Latipov of Uzbekistan received public warnings for dropping their heads in the second round of a contest marked by spoiling tactics.