all this "illegal hand wrap bs"

Who in the **** has made a claim such as "hand wraps improve punching power"? What they can do is impact the way the force of the punch, impact the face and/or respective body part, they can make the same amount of force "hurt" worse...you don't have to attend MIT to understand that much.

 

Why is there rules if the way you wrap hands doesn't matter?

 

No need to caps lock me, my eyesight is fine.

The primary function of handwraps is the protection of the Boxers hands, you're right. However, experianced trainers have developed different ways of tweaking the wraps, look up Joe Chavez who wrapped DLH's hands among others. The way he works the tape and Gauze hardens the wraps surface, not plaster like, but much much more solid than that of the average legal handwrap.

If I haven't articulated that well enough then I apologise, but it's 5am here.

 

What is the thing Cotto does/did where the glove is up high?

 

Im not the most knoweledgable about handwraps ill give u that. But I do kno why they came to be. Protect hands but like in everything people found a good thing and used to gain an advantage. U are gonna tell me putting ropes where ur knuckles are dont **** somebodys **** up?? Stop being naive.

 

dude u stuff more shite in there, it makes the gloves harder. common sense, so does your punch becomes harder.

 

That makes sense to me. Those 'ropes' go between the knuckles and fill in the gaps there. If this was a illegal someone would have been said something about it by now. Nazim Richardson didnt say anything and he caught Margo.

 

He's clueless. If you wrap an egg with as much tape and gauze as boxer uses and do so loosely to protect, I bet an egg would not crack if you drop it say 2 feet. However, if you tightly pack that same egg with the same material so the transfer of energy is almost direct, that will egg crack every time. While my examples were exaggerated the point is how you apply the material makes all the difference in the world.

 

No, the only thing which relates to a cast is when a Wrap is soaked in Sulfer, one of the key ingredients for plaster of paris.

The argument would be that where as tinkering with the combination of tape and gauze would result in a harder wrap (Not to the degree of plaster) but tougher. Still protecting the fighters hands, but adding an additional toughness to the wrap which does have a dull weight effect on the punch.

Probably not illegal, but advantageous to the point of taking advantage.