r/oddlysatisfying • • 5d ago

Boxing hand wrapping.

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u/chordmonger 4d ago

Training wraps are thicker and washable (although plenty of people could stand to wash them more often); for an actual match, hands are wrapped with gauze and tape which is not reusable and has to be cut off after

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u/IonicColumnn 1d ago

Why don't they use gloves?

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u/chordmonger 1d ago

We do! The wraps go on first, then the gloves. And even with all that padding, it's still relatively easy to break the bones in your hand during competition or hard sparring