Tito's HandWraps.

[Red_Menace]

Only if you're not paying attention. Most of those excerpts from the various trainers weren't addressing Tito in particular, only their own practices or general practice and opinion. None of em could testify to how Tito's dad wraps his hands; maybe he had been putting tape on his bare hand. We sure as hell didn't see the power that will, "after a few power shots cause Winky to lower his guard", against Hopkins.

The argument from Bouie Fisher seemed to be that Trinidad had too much tape on his hands:
"When they saw Bernard they tried to ask us to take off just a little tape, but they had a half roll of tape on Trinidad's left hand. This is why people say he has a good left hook. David Reid paid a big price, Trinidad took away the fighter in him."
He never said anything about the hand being wrapped improperly, other than that.

From what Boricua posted, that amount of tape seems to be common and legal, at least in some states. Maybe not where Trinidad was fighting Hopkins - I don't know.

But, you're right. THe stuff Boricua posted is not 100% proof that Trinidad is not cheating. But I wouldn't say there's a hell of a lot of proof that he is cheating either. It would be pretty bad to tarnish a good boxers career with a scandal based on little more than heresay and conjecture.

[Run]

Morales had Pacman use lesser gloves, they signed that on the contract, so he could get the "winners" glove, so I guess he cheated infront of your faces, lucky for him he never fought Casamayor, Frietas, Corrales or Seda in all his time fighting.

So. Theoretically it is ok for them to use outside weapons as long as they agree on the contract? Such as guns, knives, or even grenades? How about land mines under the ring mat. Or how about they hire someone ringside to shoot the opposing fighter. Or what if they agreed to place cyanide in each other's water bottles, and refuse drinking water. If I were signing the contracts, I would allow Tito and Winky to wear American Gladiator outfits, and fight with those padded, double sided clubs. Maybe they can climb a net wall, complete an obstacle course, then fight. How about they fight on the street, and are allowed 5 others to help assist, as long as it is in the contract. someone should notice when Tito enters the ring with his hands cemented inside a 5 gallon bucket. The gloves will be "Tubular Shaped". Doing handstands and all.

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[adeelr]

i think this is just a myth, maybe tito's corner didn't wanna unwrap his hands, but that doesn't mean he had cement in his hand. a heavier hand will only slow a fighter down, and hurt him more when he connects with a punch...this is just something that used to happen in the past and doesn't happen anymore cuz they found out that it dont work.

[Run]

i think this is just a myth, maybe tito's corner didn't wanna unwrap his hands, but that doesn't mean he had cement in his hand.

That was never the issue. The issue was: Did he use more than the allowed length of gauze to wrap his hand.



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