Margarito and the wraps

[greynotsoold]

How do the wraps harden in the time between being applied and the fight starting?

[carpetrepairhouston]

How do the wraps harden in the time between being applied and the fight starting?

Paris/Casts tend to get compared to concrete, simply because it has the same characteristics. Both are powdery in it's "natural" state, once mixed an applied, it will be like water(think bruce lee), it can bend and adapt. Once this stuff dries over time, it hardens. So what you have in the beginning process of wrapping a guys hand is a plaster substance, similar to paper mache. You line your fighters knuckles up, wrap plaster so it cushions your fighters hand(like bushings on a car) and in a way that the hardened material is closer to the skin of the glove.

When you think about the thought process that would go into doing such a thing, it's disgusting. I hate margarito and top rank for letting that POS back into the boxing world.

[Andre]

How do the wraps harden in the time between being applied and the fight starting?

We use plaster of paris or casting plaster at work .(both same thing) Goes off naturally in about 20 min.

If you stir the crap out of it,it goes off hard in 10 minutes when it broke down it would form a support between the knuckles even when damp and would add to the weight of punch a bit too.

If you want it to go off real slow you piss in it, if you want it to go off faster you put alkaline in it like white cement powder then it goes off in about 5 minutes.

[El Kabong]

I think if Cotto wins whether he boxes or slugs it out it is going to be a huge deal just because of how he lost the first fight.....if Margarito wins then of course the excuses come out but if Cotto wins its a huge huge deal.

I don't get why people say Cotto is so washed up....under Manny he's going to take a while to adjust. I for one would rather he take another fight before the Margarito rematch just so he gets fully used to Manny as his trainer.