With Anthony Joshua's greatly anticipated bout with Andy Ruiz Jr just around the corner, the British heavyweight will be looking to recover his title belts and re-establish himself as the heavyweight champion of the world on December 7. 

However, it's been a pretty dark period for the sport of boxing as four fighters have died in as many months, with Patrick Day, Maxim Dadashev, Hugo Santillan and Boris Stanchov all losing their lives. 

Nonetheless, Professor Mike Loosemore, GB Boxing's chief medical officer, has developed some ground-breaking technology which can help protect fighters and hopefully save lives.

Loosemore has developed the Opro+, which is a revolutionary mouthguard which captures accurate data of when a boxer receives trauma to the head, and he would like AJ to wear it in his upcoming fight. 

"From a personal point of view, I'd like to get Anthony involved in using this," he told the Daily Mail.

"The product is what we've been looking for, really. We've been looking for something where we can measure the real impact on the head.

"I could see it being used in boxers' sparring. If they take some heavy shots, you could call the sparring off for the day or you could rest them up for a couple of days or a week, or until they've made a recovery.

"It would give us a better idea of the concussive blows the boxer was taking during sparring because at the moment we have really no idea.

"We haven't had those discussions with Anthony yet so I can't say whether he'd be interested or not but I'd like to get him involved.

"You may be able to get to the point where you can say, 'He's had a certain impact, therefore it's time to stop the fight.

"It could change the dynamics of the way the fight was measured because you'd be able to tell if someone was taking a lot of heavy impacts or if they'd taken a very hard impact."

Boxing is clearly a popular sport across the planet and this revolutionary piece of technology could be the start of a new era within the sport, where fighters have been safer than ever before.

The Opro+ has been endorsed by the British Board of Boxing Control, however, it is yet to be used within a professional bout. 

Loosemore will certainly hope that if Joshua used the mouthguard within a world heavyweight title fight, the technology could be put in the shop window for the rest of the world to see.