Ever watch a boxing match and wonder why they wear the large gloves? According to the Newton's 3rd law of motion, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. When a boxer throws a punch and connects, the fighter who gets punched, as you can see in the video, gets knock out. The boxer who threw the punch, however, is fine. The gloves he's wearing still transfer a lot of the original force from the punch to the other fighter but the when the force is transferred back to the boxer's hand, the cushion of the glove dampens it greatly. The presence of gloves in a boxing match means that Newton's 3rd law of motion exists and that it's strong enough that fighters must protect themselves from their own punches.
- Cawley, Nicholas J.
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