On fight night, the NSAC Executive Director Bob Bennett, will give the two pairs of gloves to give to the NSAC Inspector, and there is one inspector for each fighter, Fury, and Wilder. Those gloves stay in possession of that inspector.
Then, the corner wraps the fighter’s hands, as the commission inspector looks on, as does a representative from the other fighter’s camp. Then if everything is satisfactory, the commission signs off on the wraps. Next, the commission inspector breaks out the gloves from a taped shut box with the signature of the Executive Director, or the Chief Inspector across the tape, the inspector hands the trainer the gloves, and watches as the trainer softens the gloves up with his bare hands, all the while as the inspector is observing the entire procedure.
Then, the inspector watches as the trainer places the gloves on each hand, laces up the gloves, then applies tape over the laces and wrist area. After watching the gloves get placed onto the fighter’s hands, gloves laced and laces taped up, the inspector will physically feel both gloves with his hands, before signing his initials on the tape over the laces, to indicate no foul play has taken place and the fighter is good to go.
Then the fighter traditionally will warm up, hit the mitts with his trainer, all under the observation of the inspector. Then, when the fighter goes on the walk to the ring for the fight, that inspector goes with that fighter, and that inspector becomes the corner inspector for the fight.
The whole time, an NSAC official is watching the gloves, first the Executive Director, then the Chief Inspector, then the Inspector, are watching those gloves. Who are these Inspectors? State Employees that happen to love boxing, plus other quality positions throughout the State. In prior eras, yes, gloves could be tempered with, but not any longer.
Lets put to rest the ridiculous thought that Tyson Fury’s gloves were tempered with.