COV GLOVE TO MAKE NATIONAL
TV DEBUT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
For
Immediate Release
PHILADELPHIA (March 24, 2008)—This
Friday night in Salamanca, New York, the latest
innovation in professional boxing will make
its national television debut.
CovGlove will be used on
the ESPN 2 televised show that will feature
former IBF Jr. Middleweight champion Kassim
Ouma taking star of CONTENDER season-2 star
Cornelius “K9” Bundrage.
CovGlove is the brainchild
of former professional fighter, Associate Pastor
and successful entrepreneur David Price.
CovGlove is a product that
is designed to keep the action of a fight flowing
as well as a safety measure in boxing.
CovGlove is a synthetic material
that is placed over the tape of the glove on
the wrist. Price became extremely frustrated
when a fighter would get an opponent hurt and
then there was a halt in the action due to the
unraveling of tape
Price got the idea when he
watching Mike Tyson fight Buster Douglas. When
Tyson got in trouble, his tape became loose
which hampered the momentum of Douglas.
A few years later, Price
had a meeting with a seamstress and then a Pattern
Designer and the product was developed. Price
then formed a company called Price Products.
CovGlove is the first product for the company.
Price approached the executive
director of the Pennsylvania Boxing Commission,
Greg Sirb. Sirb liked the concept and wanted
to use the product right away. CovGlove was
used in September of 2007 on a card promoted
by Hall of Fame promoter Russell Peltz
Like most first time products,
there were a few minor adjustments that had
to be made. That development did not deter Price
as over the next few months, he worked feverishly
to improve the product until it not only met
standards of the commission but his own personal
vision.
The CovGlove has improved
to the point where it has been used on the last
four shows promoted by Peltz and Sirb will continue
to use product in his state.
“The latest version
has done its job” said Commissioner Greg
Sirb, “It has been keeping the tape secure
and most importantly it doesn’t bother
the fighter.”
Hall of Fame promoter
Russell Peltz added, “I think the product
is terrific, you will never see the tape or
laces from the glove come loose with the Cov
Glove”
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