Are smelling salts legal or illegal in boxing?

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ThatOne
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Are smelling salts legal or illegal in boxing?

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If they are illegal in what year were they prohibited?

I'm pretty sure I saw Ali administered smelling salts in his first fight with Henry Cooper and Joe Frazier in his third fight with Muhammad Ali.
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At the present time they are illegal to use in Pro Boxing in the UK
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The Insider wrote:At the present time they are illegal to use in Pro Boxing in the UK

TY, as they should be . If a fighter needs smelling salts he has likely sustained trauma to the brain.
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They were legal in the 1970s every place I worked corners. I understand they are pretty much banned now.
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raylawpc wrote:They were legal in the 1970s every place I worked corners. I understand they are pretty much banned now.
TY.

As I said they can mask serious brain trauma.
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