An interesting tidbit of information came out today regarding the never ending glove dispute saga between Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KO’s). There had been some confusion in the boxing world regarding whether Maidana would fight Mayweather in 8 ounce Everlast Powerlock gloves (which he fought Floyd with in May) or a bigger 10 ounce version of the gloves.
After the final Mayweather-Maidana press conference was over today, Maidana’s trainer Robert Garcia spoke with reporters about the gloves issue and revealed that Marcos almost had to wear 10 ounce Everlast Powerlock gloves in the rematch with Floyd. After going through some general paperwork regarding the fight recently, Garcia discovered that the paperwork indicated 10 ounce gloves were to be used by each fighter in the fight. This came as a complete shock to Garcia and he immediately did something about it.
“As soon as I saw the paper said 10 ounce gloves, I confronted a few people about it and they changed it to 8 ounce gloves. So we will be fighting in 8 ounce gloves,” Garcia stated.
It definitely makes one wonder how the change in glove size was put into the documents without Garcia or anyone from Team Maidana agreeing to it beforehand. It could have been simply an oversight or could have stemmed from the existing confusion over glove choices and amidst the chaos was placed in there without full understanding from everyone.
Whatever the case was, Garcia definitely looked like he was ready to take things to extreme measures in order to ensure the 10 ounce gloves were not going to be used. Therefore although the situation looks finally settled, everyone involved in organizing the event will likely be tense right up until after the weigh-in when both camps get to look at each other’s gloves again. One thing is sure however, Maidana will not be fighting in 10 ounce gloves and under no circumstance will Garcia allow it to happen.
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Mayweather is an an embarrassment to the sport of boxing.
He really is! It's f*cking pathetic. He's a p*ssy with power and money and almost pulled a fast one. I can't wait till he retires. I don't even care if he never loses. I just can't have the face of this sport be such a lame like him.
Hope Floyd put him on a re hydrate clause too. Treat china like the ho that he is
This sh1t had me crying! I can't even front.
Regardless, Floyd's name is synonymous with pre-fight/post-fight f*ckery, and he couldn't be gone any sooner. Imo.
lol, u think boxing is gonna be better with him gone??? boy are u in for a surprise. i will be happy when he leaves tho. just so people can really appreciate the end of an era. an era no1 appreciated when it was here.
What the hell are you crowing about your an embarrassment to the human race being so stupid , should be doused in insecticide and burned .
no disrespect grandpa but are you too old for being a fan boy.
calm down and change your wet pamper... ok?
What the hell are you crowing about your an embarrassment to the human race being so stupid , should be doused in insecticide and burned .
Floyd fans are on patrol tonight! Yikes! :ugh:
It wasn't mayweather or his team that drew that up, it was the NSAC. That was their typo, stop with the stupid conspiracy theories.
You are right, Maidana can wear his preferred punching gloves now. Pheww, it was all a typo mistake ........ these conspiracy theories need to stop now!
Oh wait ....... :lol1:
What a horrible is u dudes assuming everything is masterminded by a dude that everyone considers uneducated and dumb. Floyd is no mastermind. And this has nothing to do with him. The NSAC draws up these contracts before the fights for fighters to sign to participate in the contests. Has absolutely nothing to do with Floyd. Which is why Robert Garcia checked with the commission.
Regardless, Floyd's name is synonymous with pre-fight/post-fight f*ckery, and he couldn't be gone any sooner. Imo.
Lol. This sh1t is ****ing horrible. He will be retiring soon. Boxing will go back to being boxing.
What a horrible is u dudes assuming everything is masterminded by a dude that everyone considers uneducated and dumb. Floyd is no mastermind. And this has nothing to do with him. The NSAC draws up these contracts before the fights for fighters to sign to participate in the contests. Has absolutely nothing to do with Floyd. Which is why Robert Garcia checked with the commission.
Mayweather is an an embarrassment to the sport of boxing.
What the hell are you crowing about your an embarrassment to the human race being so stupid , should be doused in insecticide and burned .
I think it was Ellerbe. He was the one talking about how Floyd would be doing an unprecedented thing, 'not since Sugar Ray Leonard v Donny Lalonde, blah, blah, blah..' It was all bullsh##. It was just some stupid trick to put yet another pair of gloves on Maidana. So stupid. Why even fight if you have to sneak language in a contract and hope the other guys don't read it. So juvenile. I assume that Robert Garcia made them believe they would walk so Team Mayweather balked.
Which means Team Maidana thinks they can win with the 8 oz. Powerlocks.