Pugilist's Protector
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The Pugilist's Protector is a headwear item for the Heavy. It appears to be a team-colored padded helmet with Mann Co. stamped on the front and a team-colored plastic mouth-guard, similar to those worn by professional and amateur boxers to absorb and deflect blows to the face and mouth.
Trivia
- The term 'pugilist' is synonymous with 'fist-fighter' and is likely a reference to the Heavy's prefered melee weapons of choice: the Killing Gloves of Boxing and, naturally, his own Fists, or to his resemblence to Russian boxing heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev.
- Headgear is used to protect boxers from soft tissue damage, (bruises, cuts, etc), during sparring - also used in competition in amateur boxing. Head gear offers no protection from the effects of hard punches (stunning, knockdowns, KOs).
- Pugilist's Protector is so far the only hat that has it's parts inside of a character's mouth. In this case it's teeth protectors.
