Tito's handwraps.. how much does it hurt his legacy?

[them_apples]

How much do the wrongly wrapped hands hurt his legacy?

Keep in mind, for those who don't know what I'm talking about, his trainer/father was caught wrapping his hands in an illegal way (at least in New York) that gave him the ability to punch harder.

it wasn't anything of significant. It was Layers of tape, mostly used to protect his hand and give him more security. This wasn't plaster.

[ultra]

wrap it up

since u jokers know so much about wraps,why not wrap yourselves around a brain and maybe learn that a mind is a terrible thing to waste.you guys know as much about boxing as ***** knows about being president

[Portman]

Wow, offending an entire forum and the president of USA.. do you have some sort of see how many people I can piss off before 2010-goal?

I don't think it will affect his legacy to be honest, it's a minor thing and I bet you that he's not the only one using it, but the only one who got caught doing it..

[pelonxsoldier28]

damnnnnn, you guys know jack**** about hand wraps, any of you ever been a fighter? when you wrap your hands you have to put gauze on first, this is to make your there are no tape on skin. if a fighter tapes his hands without the guaze, meaning useing tape on the skin it's almost the same as plaster and feels like you've been hit by a brick. this is against all sanctioning bodies rules. before you guys start stateing facts that are only hearsay, actually ask a boxer/trainer. in the case with trinidad, his father would wrap with only tape on his hands, and has been caught several times doing this. his legacy imo is crap.

[bklynboy]

Thanks, but I actually read up on this stuff and don't make up things.. like you just did.

In an interview transcript that I read, ****m said that Trinidad's hands felt as hard as rock.

Also, it does give him a harder punch. And by harder punch, I'm taking about power. Before his fight with Hopkins started, the Trinidad team were told that his hands needed to be re-wrapped. They made such a big commotion about it, when it really shouldn't have been a big deal.. unless there was something to hide. They even threatened to call the fight off because of it.

Eventually, they agreed and his hands were re-wrapped properly. What happened? It took away all his power and he couldn't even hurt Hopkins with any of his left hooks.

I don't know. My understanding is that the wraps protect the hand, not the head that's being punched. The impact is not lessened (by any relevant amount) by handwrap or tape.

[bklynboy]

It wasn't just extra gauze. It was tape first, then gauze, then tape, then gauze, and so on. You're not allowed to put tape directly on the skin, BTW. That gave him more power. I'm not a boxing trainer so I won't get into the technicalities of it, but it did. So obviously it improved his punching ability.

Tape does not equal power. Punch a heavy bag, now tape your hand and hit the bag again. Do you have more power? No. The tape protects your hand, your knuckles, your little fingers. The only way that it can improve your power -- if you want to call it that -- is that the tape helps you to keep your fingers together; to keep your wrist straight -- thus delivering your punch (power) cleaner.

A professional boxer knows how to throw a punch correctly (duh!), the tape may help him keep his form (hence power) in the later rounds as he starts getting fatigued. Outside of that tape and gauze does not give you more power.

[fdotorres]

damnnnnn, you guys know jack**** about hand wraps, any of you ever been a fighter? when you wrap your hands you have to put gauze on first, this is to make your there are no tape on skin. if a fighter tapes his hands without the guaze, meaning useing tape on the skin it's almost the same as plaster and feels like you've been hit by a brick. this is against all sanctioning bodies rules. before you guys start stateing facts that are only hearsay, actually ask a boxer/trainer. in the case with trinidad, his father would wrap with only tape on his hands, and has been caught several times doing this. his legacy imo is crap.

you know jack **** about boxing then, since what trinidad SR. did was legal everywhere except 2 places

thanks for the laugh though

EDIT: just noticed that you're mexican... you might wanna look at antonio margarito before talking about **** like this

[Jawz]

Doesn't hurt his legacy.

[pelonxsoldier28]

you know jack **** about boxing then, since what trinidad SR. did was legal everywhere except 2 places

thanks for the laugh though

EDIT: just noticed that you're mexican... you might wanna look at antonio margarito before talking about **** like this

WHAT??????? you trully know nothing of the sport. i've been fighting for over 20 yrs. tape on the skin is illegal everywhere. what does margarito have to do with anything i stated? i've always been against margarito for cheating. rofl, get your facts straight, and mabe go to a gym and find out

[fdotorres]

WHAT??????? you trully know nothing of the sport. i've been fighting for over 20 yrs. tape on the skin is illegal everywhere. what does margarito have to do with anything i stated? i've always been against margarito for cheating. rofl, get your facts straight, and mabe go to a gym and find out

you've been fighting for 20 years? no wonder you're so ******, you must've taken too many shots to have a functional brain

****m richardson THE ONE WHO MADE TITO CHANGE THE WRAPS, said that trinidad's wraps were legal in most places, but not in NY and another state (can't remember which one

maybe you know more than ****m?