My friends don’t wear hand wraps? – Your Boxing Questions!

Reply from Cornelius Carr

Hi Col,

Thanks for your question.

Ultimately you don’t have to wear hand wraps if you don’t want to, in fact I have met a another professional coach that advocates not wearing them to strengthen knuckles and wrists, but to be honest, I disagree with this method.

Wraps are there to protect the knuckles and keep the wrist straight when punching and I would always recommend using them, they are easy and quick to put on (please watch our Sneak Punch TV!)

When I was younger, I remember trying it without wraps, but I found that it took the skin off of my knuckles and then took weeks to repair, a scab would form and if you are boxing regularly like I was you would knock the scab back off every session.

So I would advise that you wear wraps if you can Col.

I hope this helps and thanks again for the question.

Best wishes and good luck!

Cornelius Carr

former BBBofC British Super-Middleweight & WBF World Middleweight Champion

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