Glove shaving. It should be outlawed

[greynotsoold]

You can stop it from happening. Your corner man is in the other guy's dressing room watching them wrap his hands and glove up; that is his scrawl on the tape. Refuse to sign off on it.

[cambay411]

I never even knew this happened

[greynotsoold]

I never even knew this happened

I think it began with the on-set of the thumbless gloves- the attached thumb gloves- and is an effort to keep the fist tighter than the glove would normally allow. That is just my opinion and observation, I haven't studied it.

[IamInuit]

You can stop it from happening. Your corner man is in the other guy's dressing room watching them wrap his hands and glove up; that is his scrawl on the tape. Refuse to sign off on it.

If it was only that easy. Many corners leave after the knuckle wrapping and many Commissions sign off on the tape w/o really looking. How the ref allows this is also incomprehensible.

[Hulk]

I've never noticed this before.

I assume the goal is to make a stronger wrist/more compact fist resulting in harder punches?

[IamInuit]

I've never noticed this before.

I assume the goal is to make a stronger wrist/more compact fist resulting in harder punches?

Exactly.

[El Kabong]

I've never noticed this before.

I assume the goal is to make a stronger wrist/more compact fist resulting in harder punches?

Exactly.

Easier to split the guard too I assume

[Spicoli]

Talk about loading a glove from the outside in. Looks like a neck brace for the forearm, turns a slappy clipping shot into a club. Scuff up the tape, fold it over...viola I'm now punching you with a plastic cheese grater. I wouldn't really put it on the ref though, they have to deal with what's introduced to the ring or from corner between rounds. Should be stopped before the bell rings. We can't even count on a ref to score proper knock downs lately.

[greynotsoold]

Talk about loading a glove from the outside in. Looks like a neck brace for the forearm, turns a slappy clipping shot into a club. Scuff up the tape, fold it over...viola I'm now punching you with a plastic cheese grater. I wouldn't really put it on the ref though, they have to deal with what's introduced to the ring or from corner between rounds. Should be stopped before the bell rings. We can't even count on a ref to score proper knock downs lately.

The whole point about the tape around the cuff of the glove was to eliminate the 'cheese-rater' effect. Cover up the laces. In the old days- I remember seeing this into the early 1970s- guys would use the laces on the gloves like a razor. These days you don't see the cuts and scuff marks like you used to so I don't think that the tape is much of a weapon in that fashion- most cuts, with the bigger gloves and all, come from elbows or heads.