Would you support UFC type gloves in boxing??

I like boxing as it is. Plenty of other places you can satisfy your bloodthirst. Nope! Not at all. I want to see adaptation under adversity! I can pay bums to fight if I wanted to see carnage!!

No gloves change, but the sport needs to start discouraging spoiling tactics(running-clinching-fouling) and having a regulatory ring size for some weight classes...... That's something that needs to happen. Tolerating clinching is rewarding guys for their lack of pocket fighting skill.

Never going to happen! Maybe BKB can provide that for you :lol1:

For the Thrilla in Manila, Ali & Frazier used 8oz. gloves as did most heavyweight fights up until the 80s. Lighter weight classes used to use 6oz. This isn't that crazy of a proposal given that it was in fact the norm for a long time. Exactly, this is more what i meant, i said mma TYPE gloves, not the actual ones they are using. Lighter gloves make no difference to a KO. Maybe cut off some of the padding and bring back 6oz gloves. of course alot more stuff has to be done in boxing before this is ever discussed, and by the looks of it, nobody really wants to see lighter gloves :sad2:

Every fight would be a garbage 5 round technical decision, tko or NC due to cuts. Boxing and UFC can coexist as is. No need to make one more like the other. For the Thrilla in Manila, Ali & Frazier used 8oz. gloves as did most heavyweight fights up until the 80s. Lighter weight classes used to use 6oz. This isn't that crazy of a proposal given that it was in fact the norm for a long time.

floyd endorses this

NOOO There is a reason they started using gloves. Can't see smaller gloves helping out the sport. I would rather see 15 round fights return, before changing the gloves. That would be a better solution.

The sport is fine for the most part, just has to fix the matchmaking. ^^^^This right here. The sport of boxing would improve tremendously if the top talents were forced to fighter each other on a routine basis; that and ending the stupid promotional, network wars. The biggest reason the UFC has prospered is because White and his partners essentially have a monopoly on the top talent and call all the shots, even down to fighter sponsorship.

Every fight would be a garbage 5 round technical decision, tko or NC due to cuts. Boxing and UFC can coexist as is. No need to make one more like the other.

No............

No gloves change, but the sport needs to start discouraging spoiling tactics(running-clinching-fouling) and having a regulatory ring size for some weight classes......midget mofos fighting in 24 ft rings is ridiculous, leave that to the heavyweights.

No, boxing is dangerous enough. You can't put that much power on guys who are already good at striking, coupled with possibly already good natural knockout power. There would be way more deaths in boxing. UFC has the benefit of many guys not having good striking abilities, long with mixing many aspects of fighting, so as to not rely solely on the 4 oz. advantage. In boxing all you have are your fists, so I'm pretty sure the number of deaths in boxing would skyrocket.

No boxing needs other things fixed before we start trying to copy the flavor of,the month!

The notion that lighter gloves make a big difference in punching impact is a complete myth. They'll increase the chances of swelling and cuts, increase the chances of sustaining injuries to the hands, but the actual force of the punch isn't any different.

So the only real thing i like about the UFC is the strikes, im not into any of that grappling ****. Now im not saying the UFC 4oz gloves should be in boxing, but what about maybe 6oz?? it would certainly make things more exciting :boxing: Yea but Floyd won't fight with little gloves he gave Madaina pillow gloves

I'd love it but then again I'd prefer bareknuckle boxing tbh. It would be sick.

No. I am used to boxing the way it is. I am surprised those gloves are legal in MMA. There would be many more KOs and knockdowns and it would be hard to compare boxers of the past with boxers in the new 4 ounce era. Lets face it. The hardest punching boxers hit much harder than any MMA guy and we don't stop fights the second a boxer hits the ground from a punch. There would probably be many more deaths and serious injuries leading to a possible ban of boxing.

I don't think the knockout rate will go up much if any at all. I do think that fights will have huge periods of no one throwing and that broken hands will go up significantly. The punches will be quicker and shots would be thrown so fast and stiff that no one would want throw much other than a one two. And if you get clinched you better hope you have a good inside game because those uppercuts and short hooks on the inside are going to be coming quick. Also MW and up it would be way to dangerous. Imagine GGG, Kovalev, Stevenson, and any heavyweight landing clean.

The sport is fine for the most part, just has to fix the matchmaking.

Nope. I'm good.