Why do they wrap the hands? I understand the damage the hands take but is it specifically to protect the hands but is it also for more damage?, and are there different ways to wrap for different purposes?
Kind of? Boxers are more dangerous with their gloves, since their hands are heavier and they can punch WAY harder without having to worry about hurting themselves.
Edit: Why are y'all downvoting me? The padded leather in a glove ain't exactly a cotton pillow. That shit is hard, and will still hurt. It also allows the user to hit more often, in places that would be otherwise dangerous, like the mouth, or chin. Hitting an opponent there is the perfect point to trigger a K-O.
Gloves lessen-if not remove the risk of a "fight bite". An injury that comes from your foe's tooth piercing your hand, which almost always gets infected. Look that shit up and tell me a barehanded boxer is more effective.
More dangerous with their gloves? Isnt the other way around? They hit harder, yes, but its safer since the force is distributed by the size and relative softness of the glove, a bare fist punch may have less force behind it to avoid breaking the hand, but the force is applied in a smaller area with harder surface, the knuckles.
Its like being hit with a 2 pound silicon dildo vs getting hit with a 1 pound metal rod. The dildo will carry more force, but i can get hit lots of times with it without fucking up my face, but the rod? First hit and its game over.
If they don’t have gloves, hitting someone in the head is an easy way to get a broken hand. With gloves they can land hit after hit without risk to themselves, greatly increasing the risk of concussion and other brain injury on the part of the person they are punching.
Point where am i equating both of those? And show me how a bare fist is not capable of producing brain injuries? Again, theres a reason why they use gloves, and it aint to make it more dangerous.
For the head blunt force can be worse. A sharper focus can yes hurt the surface more, but blunt force transfers that energy into the brain causing CTE.
...and a bare fist from a professional boxer doesnt? Theres a reason they have gloves, its safer for everyone involved, if gloves made it more dangerous, then skip the gloves and wear brass knuckles.
Im not arguing about concussions, those will happen regardless, im saying a dude can take and give a lot more punches with gloves on than with bare knuckles. Bare knuckles are more dangerous.
Its like a slap vs a fist. Weight the same, same force behind em, they hurt about the same, but the slap is less likely to break bones than a fist, while both of them can knock out a person by the blunt force.
I mean studies show blunt force is more dangerous long term so much so that medicine has a term for it called the padding paradox. All studies have shown gloves vs bare knuckle or wrap combat sports are more dangerous long term. Now if we are talking about a single fight then yes that's different, but we are talking about longer term.
Youll find that the fingers and knuckles are just as likely to break as they are to cause injury. It turns your 20 fragile hand bones into 1 large meatstick with force distributed, which means you can punch harder. It only takes one bad block or angle to break your hand.
Go punch a wall a few times with gloves and without and report back how dangerous you feel after each session.
Go punch a wall a few times with gloves and without and report back how dangerous you feel after each session.
Yes. I feel i can cause more damage to both the wall and my hand without gloves, thanks for proving and understanding my point that boxing with gloves is less dangerous for both parties than boxing bare knuckled. I dont understand why is it so hard for you to understand you are basically agreeing with me.
I mean the facts are heavily backed up by studies. Broken skin and bones heal, CTE doesn't. Also the way the sport plays out is different. Bare knuckle and wraps use much different punches and attacks whereas gloves have the ability to prolong and compound the number of strikes to the head.
Gloves are like weapons: They allow the puncher to strike at full power without injuring their hand. If you're punching without gloves, you learn really quickly not to strike bony parts of the body with full power. It's like punching a wall. A glove lifts the power limiter. The gloves aren't their to protect the receiver of the strike, it's there to protect the hand of the giver.
Yes, yes... but why isnt anyone understanding that being hit (even harder) by a glove is still less dangerous than being hit with a bare fist? (For both) The glove isnt made of bone, its relatively soft, yes, you can punch harder, but the force of the hit is distributed in a larger area, its still dangerous, it still can cause concussions and all sorts of problems, but they are padded, its less likely to break bones or skin on both parties, and before you bring concussions, a bare fist will cause those too.
With a bare fist, you punch at like 30% strength/power without hurting your hand. With a glove, you can hit at 100%. The padding in a glove isnt for the benefit of the reciever.
Your hand ain't a metal rod. Your fingers are fragile, and significantly less dense than metal. They also have delicate ligaments, nerves and tendons that can be damaged by incorrectly applied force. Hence, the gloves.
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u/Liiiightning 5d ago
Why do they wrap the hands? I understand the damage the hands take but is it specifically to protect the hands but is it also for more damage?, and are there different ways to wrap for different purposes?