[Big New Prinz]

These don't look right, see how they're stacked up over the knuckles?

Years ago Glenn Catley got knocked out by Dingaan Thobela losing his WBC 12st title. After the fight Chris Sanigar noticed long straight welts on Catley's face and forehead. When they watched footage of fight they saw that Thobela's wraps looked suspicious (very much like Wlad's last night). The WBC agreed and retained Catley as No 1 contender.

 

[JamieC]

hhmm what do they usually look like in Germany? Anyone know?

 

[Big New Prinz]

I freely admit that I detest the Klit Bros and go out of my to find fault with them every chance I get, but seriously they look well dodgy. I've been trying to find a picture of Thobela's for comparison without success.

 

[Big New Prinz]

I found a film on Youtube about the Catley v Thobela hand wrap controversy and took this screen cap

Look very similar to Wlad's don't they?

 

[sim_reiss]

They act like proper arseholes when it comes to wrapping hands as well. Chisora and Haye had to put up with their antics on the issue...

 

[Big New Prinz]

They act like proper arseholes when it comes to wrapping hands as well. Chisora and Haye had to put up with their antics on the issue...

I know total hypocrites, didn't they kick off about Wach's gloves as well?

 

[Chatty]

I seen loads of guys with wraps like that.

Anyway here are the rules:

Hand wraps shall be restricted to no more than twenty (20) yards of soft gauze, not more than two (2) inches wide. The gauze shall be held in place by no more than eight (8) feet of adhesive tape, no more than one and one-half (1 ½) inches wide. The adhesive tape shall not cover any part of the knuckles when the hand is clenched to make a fist. The use of water, or any other liquid or material, on the tape is strictly prohibited.

Hand wraps shall be applied in the dressing room in the presence of a Commission representative and, if requested, one representative of the other boxer.Hand wraps shall be restricted to no more than twenty (20) yards of soft gauze, not more than two (2) inches wide. The gauze shall be held in place by no more than eight (8) feet of adhesive tape, no more than one and one-half (1 ½) inches wide. The adhesive tape shall not cover any part of the knuckles when the hand is clenched to make a fist. The use of water, or any other liquid or material, on the tape is strictly prohibited.

Hand wraps shall be applied in the dressing room in the presence of a Commission representative and, if requested, one representative of the other boxer.

 

[Chatty]

It's basically this:

With tape over the top

 

[Big New Prinz]

Not sure about that Chatty, as well as the suspicious stacking over the knuckles there seems to some string or cord separating the fingers, where's that in the rules you quote?

 

[Chatty]

Not sure about that Chatty, as well as the suspicious stacking over the knuckles there seems to some string or cord separating the fingers, where's that in the rules you quote?

hard to see on a that pic but that could just be marker - doesnt look like thats sticking out anymore than the wrap

 

[Big New Prinz]

It's basically this:

With tape over the top

No it's not Haye is wearing training wraps (the red fabric) under the white bandage.

 

[Chatty]

Oh I see what you mean now - look at the picture of Hayes wraps above and then imagine it with tape over the top = would be exactly the same - that would be why the knuckles look separated

 

[Big New Prinz]

hard to see on a that pic but that could just be marker - doesnt look like thats sticking out anymore than the wrap

I thought that at first Chatty but look between his little finger and third finger, you can see the cord between them.

 

[Chatty]

No it's not Haye is wearing training wraps (the red fabric) under the white bandage.

Its not the trainin g wraps I'm talking about - its the way they are wrapped.

 

[Chatty]

Too hard to tell from just that pic to be honest - youd need more. Never heard anyone complain about them before which you would have expected guys like Booth to pick up on though.

 

[Big New Prinz]

Its not the training wraps I'm talking about - its the way they are wrapped.

Haye effectively has his hands double wrapped in that pic, once with red training wraps, once with white bandage and they still aren't as stacked as Wlad's are.

 

[Boxed Ears]

I suspect he was cheating and that's why he was deliberately showing it off for the camera, the cocky bastard.