bad hands

Hey guys. Just wanted to get some feedback. I'll use Paulie as an example. Every fight he seems to screw up a hand it two. Alexander got his hand inducted against Purdy, this is just a couple examples. Just wanted to get your opinion. Is this a genetic aspect or improper delivery or do the hands just bot ybb make the grade. I would think with Paulies Dr. and trainers would be able to compensate for this but it seems something happens each fight. Probably a newbie question but it is one of the things that makes me say hmm. on a side note anyone know of any good fights in CT Wii

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Originally Posted by walrus

Hey guys. Just wanted to get some feedback. I'll use Paulie as an example. Every fight he seems to screw up a hand it two. Alexander got his hand inducted against Purdy, this is just a couple examples. Just wanted to get your opinion. Is this a genetic aspect or improper delivery or do the hands just bot ybb make the grade. I would think with Paulies Dr. and trainers would be able to compensate for this but it seems something happens each fight. Probably a newbie question but it is one of the things that makes me say hmm. on a side note anyone know of any good fights in CT Wii

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You appear to have written your post in some sort of code that I don't fully understand but I will answer the stuff I got.

Brittle bones is something you are either born with, developed or gained through punching too hard and breaking something in your hands or not taking the proper precautions while training.

Joe Calzaghe had one of the worst set of hands for a boxer that got to his level. This is suspected to be something to do with the terrible hand wrapping he did in his fights and sparring. Frank Warren noted (see video below) that he used just a single piece of wrap, which would be essentially like punching someone with a bath sponge duck taped to your hand.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7TwX9...%3DPf7TwX9ak8M

Yes, sorry, I was typing while mobile and my post wasn't clear but your answer came through, thanks.

Gatti had some of the worst hands too.

Paul Pender had rice paper hands

I think everyone must get sore hands. I know I do wearing 12'once gloves on a heavy bag. After 6 rounds of that my hands can be tender for a few days. Even with improving technique and a tight grip, you get sore. I imagine it must be a nightmare for some fighters having to get through entire camps and fights with hands, continuously being bashed. As a result I use my heavy bag only about twice a week as the hands really need time to get over the attack.

Fighters have always had problems with their hands; they were designed to be mobile, useful gripping tool, not bludgeons. Made up of a bunch of small bones, when repeatedly bashed into a great big bone (the other guy's skull), they'll hurt.
You can wrap them, but if you wrap them too much, can't close them right and that hurts too. You can do it all properly, throw a punch and the other guy ducks- not wanting to get hit, they are prone to do that, and to take other evasive action- and you bounce the small knuckle of your hand off his head and now you have a recurring problem.
Genaro Hernandez had problems with his hands based on his size; 5'11" tall, he made 126 very easily. So he was obviously very light-boned and his knuckles were very prominent. He also hit very hard, and this hurt his hands, lots of troubles with them. If you watch him fight, he'd go after an opponent for 3-4 rounds, hurt his hands and then pick his shots.

Floyd has problems and so did the great Jeff Fenech.

Joe Calzage: An alternate, somewhat modern perspective