If that plaster thing becomes really hard with sweat...

This is what I thought when I heard it, punching with a plaster block between your knuckles and somebodys face will probably break your hand.

anyway i found an interesting explanation in this thread... http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=241160

Well no such thing as a stupid question but if you've ever had a cast. You should know that its there to protect you and the shit is hard as f.uck. So No a real cast is all around your hand and part of the arm tho, is not a solid piece sitting there on your fist under your wraps. anyway i can understand if some of this plaster spreads from the wet piece it can tighten all the wrapping

Look at it like brass knuckles, when you hit someone with brass knuckles your hand stings, but the person getting hit feels alot more pain than you do. i never used brass knuckles, but i see those things have the lower part made to sit on your palm/inside of hand. So i assume that when you hit, you wont feel the hit back on your knucles/fingers, but it will be smothered by your palm that handles the weapon. Im i wrong?

...i mean, hard as a brick, isnt it still dangerous for the fighter wearing it? Hitting very hard with your hand, and having this thing in between, in my opinion can hurt your hand more than the other guy's face. What im thinking is, if a punch is well close and the hand isnt sore, the punch will still result hard as a brick, because you punch with knuckles, and if the punch is tightened it should result hard as the bone behind your skin. Gloves really are there to preserve fighters hands so these wont break. I guess something really hard as concrete in your gloves can hurt your hand more than the other guys face. Thats why i have a feeling that stuff was there more to protect Tonys hands for the later rounds, when the gloves padding tear down...and i think it was not supposed to become hard as a brick with time. What do you guys think? BTW...this is not an excuse thread for Margarito, i believe if there are rules they must be followed, so props to Nazim for finding out the cheat. Still i believe Margo's purpose wasnt that of killing his opponent with bricks to his face, but more that of preserving his hands. Look at it like brass knuckles, when you hit someone with brass knuckles your hand stings, but the person getting hit feels alot more pain than you do.

opinions, anyone? Especially boxers who post here, id like to hear your thoughts about this! i suppose its like brass knuckles

Well it'd probably make your knuckles bleed a little bit.......just sayin. Resto looked like he was in pain at end of their fight when time to take off gloves

my cousins wrist was broken recently. him and i randomly throw body shots at eachother in passing when we're chilling and i went to rock him with one. he blocked it with his cast and my hand was buzzing. he on the other hand (no pun intended) was fine and laughed it up.

yep a cast all over your hand and wrist is one thing, a plaster block over your nuckles sounds different to me tho... Well it'd probably make your knuckles bleed a little bit.......just sayin.

well, it's been described as a cast. I've broken my wrist several times and I can tell you that I felt nothing when something hit my cast or if I fell on it. And that was as a kid when everything seems like it hurts. The cast protects you. yep a cast all over your hand and wrist is one thing, a plaster block over your nuckles sounds different to me tho...

Luis Resto didn't hurt his hands when he mauled Billy Collins.

If you listened to Emmanuel Steward during the broadcast, he said that to the fighter wearing it, it wouldn't bother him but would feel like a brick to teh fighter getting hit. So I guess the answer is no.

well, it's been described as a cast. I've broken my wrist several times and I can tell you that I felt nothing when something hit my cast or if I fell on it. And that was as a kid when everything seems like it hurts. The cast protects you.

opinions, anyone? Especially boxers who post here, id like to hear your thoughts about this!