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

[Verus]

The question that Donovan, the writer of this article did not address: Is this wrapping legal in Japan? If it is why is Fulton's team only now raising an objection? The hand-wrapping issue could have been handled much earlier, perhaps in negotiation. This thing stinks! Perhaps Fulton is now having second thoughts about facing Inoue?

[allen23]

Inoue did complain about unannounced drug testing on his Twitter, then a couple of days later the fight with Fulton was postponed. That’s what people are basing the PED stuff on.

Unless people are basing it on actual evidence not wild speculation then it's irrelevant. On that basis you can accuse any fighter for ped's based on the shady nature of fights being made.

To tarnish a fighters name without an irregular test finding is unfair and has no place in sport. He could well be on ped's but same can be said for anyone. Speculation is just opinion which is garbage talk

[deathofaclown]

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.

Confirming what? surely someone from the oppositions team watches him get his hands wrapped with the commission present and are happy enough to sign it off

so why are they complaining after the fact?

Sounds like a load of excuses to me. The guys been fighting in world title fights since 2014 and all commissions and opponents teams who witness the wrapping have never had a problem.

Fulton's balls are starting to shrink up inside him.

[Boricua181]

This is some scandalous ****, and no fighter should have an illegal advantage over another, But why is this being brought up NOW!
I mean three days before the fight is supposed to take place, why wasn't brought up during the negotiation's before signing the contract for the fight?

[Bullrider]

You can only wrap at a certain amount. Wrapping more would be uncomfortable to the fighter. It makes little significance. This trainer knows this. Who stops him from doing the same with Fulton? In any case, I'm not too invested in this fight. I won't lose sleep even it gets canceled.

That's what I'm wondering about. Why not do the same thing?

Trainer probably hoping they'll get to be bribed and make extra money. Why only now? Not months ago if it's been in his head all this time? I could smell fish emanating from the greenback.

[ShoulderRoll]

Unless people are basing it on actual evidence not wild speculation then it's irrelevant. On that basis you can accuse any fighter for ped's based on the shady nature of fights being made.

To tarnish a fighters name without an irregular test finding is unfair and has no place in sport. He could well be on ped's but same can be said for anyone. Speculation is just opinion which is garbage talk

It’s just su****ious behavior, and now with possible illegal stacking to go along with it.

But as Stephen Edwards says su****ious is not the same as guilty.

[edpboxing]

The question that Donovan, the writer of this article did not address: Is this wrapping legal in Japan? If it is why is Fulton's team only now raising an objection? The hand-wrapping issue could have been handled much earlier, perhaps in negotiation. This thing stinks! Perhaps Fulton is now having second thoughts about facing Inoue?

Fulton could be apart of the complaint, but the article say Fulton asked his trainer not to voice his concerns, because “I don’t care , I will still win”

[Marvin S]

Damn, another cheater!!!

[SteveM]

Well said. It's deplorable talk from a trainer before the fight.
It's one thing a fighter saying it, all is fair in mental warfare but as a trainer thats way overstepping your boundary. Interested to hear what breadman has to say

The trainer is there to stand ground for his fighter - just like Breadman did for the BS stoppage of Julian Williams' last fight

[Smash]

do your opponents not have to sign off on your handwraps? & can demand to be re w****d if not happy, could be a long night