Fact or myth?

[Lords Gym]

I kind of remembered this out of the blue. When I was active in my gym a few years back I remember one of the older trainers (who was in the Vietnam war) talking about in some of the east asian countries they would hold "boxing" matches where the wraps or gloves were coated in glue or something and dipped into broken shards of glass. I can only imagine how horribly disfigured the fighter's would be afterwards if in fact this type of thing took place.

Is there a specific name for this type of fighting and has anyone seen or heard about this type of thing?

called Muay Thai boxing you are correct sir.. Many many moons ago ,fighters would soak their hemp rope bindings in a sticky resin and then dip their hands in crushed glass and ash that would attack the opponents eyesight.