Why do boxers tape their hands?

Question

I was wondering why boxers tape their hands then put the gloves over them. Whats the purpose of the tape?

Answer 1

Protect their knuckles. Is like between a palm you put a stick and punch the wall. It adds stiffness to the knuckle and protect a puncher's hand from breaking

Answer 2

To protect their bone alignment so they don't accidentally bend it the wrong way and make an injury, you should try it if you ever box, it helps a lot.

Answer 3

Tape, or wraps, serve the purpose of proctecting a fighters hands. They help to prevent little breaks in the small bones of your hand which can be really painful.

Answer 4

Taping the hands is the norm. It is to make the fists more snug inside the gloves and at the same time the tape also serves as a cushion.

Answer 5

To protect their knuckles and wrist bones when hitting the heavybag, also it makes their fist hard as rock so when they put them in the gloves they can hit that much harder.

Tito Trinidad used to wrap his hands illegally until he was caught by Hopkins, up till then he was busting guys up, but when Hopkins made them re wrap the hands Tito didn't have as much power and Hopkins beat him to a pulp.

Take a long peaice of cloth and wrap it around your knuckles with your hand flat out, dont cut off the circulation but try and make it tight, then make a fist and see how solid it is compared to when its not wrapped.

But thats only when their fighting an opponent. When they hit the heavybag their doing it to protect their knuckles and wrist bones.

Answer 6

to keep their wrist steady and hand shaped as a fist. Originally boxing was done without gloves. slowly things such as wraps, tape, gloves, knuckles pads, and guaze were introduced over a period of time for the purpose of protecting the boxer's hands. tape is just another way that is done. it adds extra padding and it helps keep the wrist strait. by keeping the wrist strait it helps prevents a boxer from breaking their wrist during a strong punch.

Answer 7

they tape their hands so they don't break their knuckles and the fingers.

Answer 8

Boxers Wrap there hands to protect there knuckles, wrist and the small back bones in their hand. if they didnt do that there would be many hand injuries