For the people saying the gloves don't make a difference...
I remember a similar glove dispute in the manny pacquiao vs erik morales bout a few years back. The fight morales won manny had to wear those pillows and couldn't hurt morales. The second fight he got his gloves and KO'd morales within 2 rounds. I think that proves the gloves make a world of difference, especially for a puncher. He took maidana's biggest fight neutralizer away and it was an extremely close fight. I think if they rematch and maidana gets his gloves maidana wins. Maybe not by KO, but I guarantee he gets a knockdown or two.