Comments Thread For: Fulton Head Trainer Raises Issue Over Hand Wraps Ahead Of Inoue Fight

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The team surrounding Stephen Fulton has raised a hand wrap scandal which they would like resolved prior to fight night. Wahid Rahim, Fulton's head trainer, took a drastic turn during Saturday's press conference ahead of the upcoming showdown versus Naoya Inoue. The threat of walking away from Tuesday's WBC/WBO junior featherweight title fight was put on the table, over concerns that Yokohama's Inoue (24-0, 21KOs) wraps his hands in a fashion that is considered 'stacking' in most commissions around the world.
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[bullydean]

Is this going to be a Wilder situation?

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Is this going to be a Wilder situation?

Sounds more like a Margarito situation. Apparently multiple fighters and trainers are confirming the bad wraps. It really puts a bad light on Inoue's previous knockouts.

Not only is it like hitting a guy with a brick, but it protects the hands and allows a guy to throw much harder with no fear of breaking their hands.

[PittyPat]

Say it ain't so.

[El_Cholo]

Inoue had hand issues early in his career I'm sure

[-Kev-]

Damn Naontonio Inourito? Or just talk from Fulton’s trainer?

I hope this gets resolved. And I hope if this is true, that it isn’t allowed for Inoue to do anymore.

[-Kev-]

Inoue had hand issues early in his career I'm sure

Calzaghe, Mayweather and Malignaggi as well but i’ve never heard of a trainer/fighter complain that these fighters wrap their hands like a cast.

[4truth]

It's either legal where they are fighting or it's not. This is why some fighters fight exclusively in Texas or Vegas.

[Jwil20]

I saw the Donaire v Inoue video about the wrap issue. I wasn’t exactly hip to the issue but after some research it’s really pretty bad.
Surprised there is not official rule book on legal and illegal wraps from the commissions.

[unknowledgeablepugilist]

Is the double wrapping outlawed by the commission or not? Was the double wrapping illegal in the previous matches? If not this is a non-story. It just sounds like Trinidad vs Hopkins again, were we have the method of wrapping being illegal in certain areas but not others. If it ain't illegal, then I don't see the issue.