What protective equipment is required?

Under Boxing Canada's Articles and Rules (January 2025):

• Headguard: a red or blue open-face headguard matching the boxer's corner. Training headguards and headguards with cheek protectors are not allowed in U13, U15, U17 and U19 bouts. Headguards must be approved by World Boxing or USA Boxing.
• Funbox: headguards with cheek protectors may be worn as long as both boxers wear them.
• Gloves: must be World Boxing or USA approved.
• Handwraps: two stretchy cotton rolls 3.5-4.5 m long and 5.7 cm wide with a Velcro closure; one strand of tape may secure the wrap at the wrist. No other substance or material on the wrap or hand.
• Groin protector: required for male boxers. Female boxers may use a pelvic protector and may wear a breast protector.
• Long hair: a bandana, skull cap or hair net under the headguard.
• Other: kinesiology tape only from the waist down and on the back of the body; knee braces with no metal.
• Clothing: light boots or shoes without spikes or heels, socks, shorts not longer than knee length, and a vest covering the chest and back. At national championships the vest and shorts must be red or blue to match the corner.