You are absolutely right, at least as it relates to combat sports.
Getting punched in the head is pretty unpleasant, so you try to avoid it - but with headgear on the sting dulled significantly - it hurts less but your brain is still absorbing a huge amount of that energy. This makes fighters take more shots to the head than otherwise, and this is why english amateur boxing rules now have removed headguards.
Getting punched in the head is pretty unpleasant, so you try to avoid it - but with headgear on the sting dulled significantly - it hurts less but your brain is still absorbing a huge amount of that energy. This makes fighters take more shots to the head than otherwise, and this is why english amateur boxing rules now have removed headguards.