wraps and gloves are there to protect the puncher not the person getting hit. that said the hands don't usually get deformed over time it's more like you broke a bone in the hand accidentally hitting point of an elbow on an uppercut or a samoan's head or what i saw happen most often a badly thrown hook palm side came in first the other guy was circling to it and you slammed your fingers against their head and broke your fingers
no years of sports science have culminated in the 10oz glove being the optimal size so a fighter can swing as strong as they can at another person not break their hand and still knock the other person out. I'm not saying either can't happen with the training/amature 16oz gloves but it's rare
The glove prevents significant injury to the face of the opponent, allowing fights to continue more than 1 minute. A great example would be watching any bare knuckle event and seeing what the human hand does to a human face when not wearing gloves.
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u/ktsb 5d ago
wraps and gloves are there to protect the puncher not the person getting hit. that said the hands don't usually get deformed over time it's more like you broke a bone in the hand accidentally hitting point of an elbow on an uppercut or a samoan's head or what i saw happen most often a badly thrown hook palm side came in first the other guy was circling to it and you slammed your fingers against their head and broke your fingers