Code of Massachusetts Regulations
523 CMR - STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION (FORMERLY, STATE BOXING COMMISSION)
Title 523 CMR 23.00 - Southeast Asian Kickboxing
Section 23.06 - Specifications for Bandages on Southeast Asian Kickboxing Combatants' Hands

(1) In all weight classes, the bandages on each contestant's hand shall be restricted to soft gauze cloth not more than 15 yards in length and two inches in width, held in place by not more than ten feet of surgeon's tape, two inches in width, for each hand. Surgeon's adhesive tape may be placed directly on each hand for protection near the wrist. The tape may cross the back of the hand twice and extend to within one inch of the knuckles when the hand is clenched to make a fist. Tape may be placed between the knuckles to secure the wrap but must not cover the striking surface. The bandages shall be evenly distributed across the hand. The bandages may be secured by one winding of lightplast (flextape) bandage with the same restriction of a one-inch gap from the knuckles of a clenched fist.

(2) Bandages and tape for professional competitors shall be placed on the contestant's hands in the dressing room in the presence of a representative of the Commission. At the completion of the hand wrap, each shall be marked by a Deputy Commissioner indicating that it has been performed in accordance with 523 CMR 23.06(1). Amateur wraps toned not be affixed in the presence of a representative of the Commission but shall be approved after application.

(3) Each combatant shall be required to wrap their hands in accordance with 523 CMR 23.06.

(4) Under no circumstances are gloves to be placed on the hands of a contestant until the approval of the Commission or its representative is received.