History of the Gloves

TysonForeman

Does anyone know anything about how the gloves have changed over the years? I was looking at old Corbett-Fitzsimmons pictures, and the gloves are like 2oz Oven Mitts, like people use when hitting the speed bag. In Dempsey's time the gloves where 5oz, now they're like 8-10. I was thinking it would be cool to see a timeline of something that shows when and how the gloves were modified.

The old time guys must have been so tough to take punches with those little 2oz gloves...

zoo

Actually the gloves are really there to protect the hands, it really doesn't make a difference in how hard your getting hit. There would have to be significant padding to decrease the power of a punch. If you check out bareknuckle champion records, they broke they're hands or arms in every fight.

tri4ben2

Is there regulation about how heavy the gloves must be in a fight?

If it only hurts the fighter wearing them, wouldn't someone like Klitscko wear some huge rock-em sock-em gloves so that he doesn't break his hands?

DO heavyweights use bigger gloves than bantomweights?

BlackBeltNow

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Originally Posted by zoo

Actually the gloves are really there to protect the hands, it really doesn't make a difference in how hard your getting hit. There would have to be significant padding to decrease the power of a punch. If you check out bareknuckle champion records, they broke they're hands or arms in every fight.

not true. heavier gloves are harder to swing. the diff b/t 2 vs 4 may be small, but w/ 16s u'll already see your punch effectiveness go down.

Dude

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Originally Posted by BlackBeltNow

not true. heavier gloves are harder to swing. the diff b/t 2 vs 4 may be small, but w/ 16s u'll already see your punch effectiveness go down.

They are not only harder to swing they make the erea of the impact larger and therefore decrease the power.

You'll feel the differnce when you hit someone with the front end of a stick and hit hime with the full length of the stick, applying the same power. The more concentrated the power is used to a spot the more it hurts.

zoo Contender Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 117 Rep Power: 9 Points: 15,021.15 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 15,021.15 Donate	Actually the gloves are really there to protect the hands, it really doesn't make a difference in how hard your getting hit. There would have to be significant padding to decrease the power of a punch. If you check out bareknuckle champion records, they broke they're hands or arms in every fight.

tri4ben2 Contender Join Date: Nov 2004 Age: 35 Posts: 471 Rep Power: 9 Points: 15,759.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 15,759.00 Donate	Is there regulation about how heavy the gloves must be in a fight? If it only hurts the fighter wearing them, wouldn't someone like Klitscko wear some huge rock-em sock-em gloves so that he doesn't break his hands? DO heavyweights use bigger gloves than bantomweights?