"Skinning the gloves?"

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Marco Antonio Barerra is a guy who skins his gloves.

[Golden Boi 360]

[intoccabile]

No, it's a lacing method not a tape method. Anyone here who boxes know.
You tie the gloves in a way where you are pulling the padding on the glove back,
which makes the glove harder. the tape just insures the lacing doesn't come loose

[Eaner0919]

ALSO I do not see it moving the padding...they arent going to let u do that...the padding is almost always foam now, not horse hair anymore, you cant move it away from the knuckles...it just makes for a firmer grip...

not true

Reyes and the Everlast MX both have a combination of horse hair and padding.

and while I respect your opinion Ice this is what they are referring to



see how high Barrera has the tape? Its essentially a trainer trying to pull down the back end of the glove in an effort to stretch the glove back, skinning it by the use of lacing in a certain and then using tape to pull it down as hard as they can.

there are no actual rules against it and essentially it's up to the commission officials interpetation of what they think is legal

[Iceta Lives]

yeah, cotto is skinning his gloves there, it's a cheap move for an advantage, i don't know why the officials even sign off on the wrapping or taping of the gloves when they're like that? or even the other fighters peoples not saying anything?

lots of fighters do it, some more subtle than others, i do think it's cheating, it certainly makes the gloves harder, but it is something that is easily spotted, so each time you see a fighter with it, either the officials are incompetent and not doing their jobs or they're paid off to not notice or say anything, because it's clearly illegal and easy as hell to notice, so it's not like it's something that can hide, the only thing that separates the degree of if its effectiveness is how high the tape is up on the glove............ but skinning is nothing compared to loaded gloves, or drugging a fighter. from what i've seen, usually guys get cut as a result of skinned gloves......

This goes to show that Floyd > Cotto all day and everyday.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

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[Mr. Mandingo]

Cement-fist Tito Trinidad DOESNT skin his gloves

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

well, people must be skinning the foam gloves for nothing because they always do that in the dressing room before fights...it gives a much better grip, feels firmer around the wrist etc etc...I have fought in reyes numerous times and even though they used this method it NEVER physically moved the hair away from the knuckles...it just made the whole fist and wrist feel more secure...

[SUPREME.]

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I agree.

Greek K t/s.

[kiDynamite92]

*BUMP*

thought everyone on NSB could take a break from flaming each other and learn something about the game we all love and not some fighter.