Anyone here into boxing?

Anyone here into boxing?
I just started recently and my wrists are fucking killing me. What do?

Wrist wraps?

Wrist wraps my brother. Learn to do them properly and you will have next to no problems with your wrists. Just think of them like seatbelts

Hand wraps. You have to keep them tight around your wrists, enough to keep circulation in your hands but tight enough to get the support. Check your form and make sure you keep a straight wrist through out the entire punch otherwise the force is being obsorbed into your wrist instead of your entire arm.

Why wrist wraps? Can't you just get strong wrists?

You can, but strong wrists won't necessarily mean that wrist pain and injury is eliminated, wrist wraps are supporting your hand in a box like shape that is good for boxing. Wrist wraps are just a support piece and have been used since boxing has been a thing, greeks wrapped their hands and wrists in leather and such.

Starting boxing about a month ago. Had done other martial arts before, but no sparring or full-contact stuff.

Sparred for the first time a week ago. Was fucking great. Got hit in the head a couple of times. It was worth it for the rush though.

How worried should I be about brain damage? I'm a pretty smart guy, and I'd hate to ruin one of my few assets forever. After my first sparring session i had a headache the next day, but it disappeared after some sleep. Was it a concussion?

As long as you don't get bopped constantly for years and years like the pros your brain should stay smart

Yeah someone decided to point that out after an hour of punching the bags. Don't think I was putting them on properly

A girl there suggested I buy some gelled gloves that go under the boxing gloves?

Nope, a headache coming from strikes to the head is pretty normal, especially if it was your first spar. But as long as you don't go into competitive boxing don't worry too much about brain damage, but in saying that anything can happen so be careful in spars. Don't fuck with anyone bigger and stronger than you, becuase weightclasses matter. Hope this helps