"Darker" fighters at an advantage when wearing "Darker" gloves

[Benny Leonard]

Say Clottey wears Black gloves; would it be to his advantage rather than say, wearing Red Gloves?

Same could be said with Hatton wearing White gloves instead of red or black.


So basically, maybe a fighter should have to wear Red Gloves or opposite to their skin complexion. Or everybody should start wearing a glove that matches the skin complexion since in a street-fight, your hands are the same color as the rest of your body.


So...do you think it would be easier for an opponent to see Red Gloves on a Black fighter as opposed to that fighter wearing Black gloves when he has black skin?
Same with a White fighter wearing White gloves as opposed to Red or Black.



I was thinking about this when I was remembering my glory days when I used to do a little sparring and remembered what I was thinking back then....I liked when Red gloves were worn more because they were easier to get your attention and see on the opponent...much more than when I had some fights in the streets and the hands matched the rest of the person.


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[savorduhflavor]

When I actually think about it, it could make a difference....interesting thought.

[BrooklynBomber]

This is an interesting thesis. I remember in my psych classes we were studying warying degrees of color recognition by the human eye, and it might be quite interesting to test this out.

[MANGLER]

[One - Shot]

yeah why not...if clottey wears black gloves and short cotto will not see him, then he has a 100% chance of winning the fight.

[Opulent]

Very interesting thread. Their is no doubt that Clottey is very dark.

What bothers me even more about fighting dark very dark fighters is that you can never tell if you have given them a black eye. I don't mean this in a mean way but it is true, if Clottey got a black would we be able to see it on his face? No.
This makes me wonder about the ****** when they were beaten, can you imagine not having any real visible bruises after getting beat and just maybe this would cause them to get beatin' even more It wasnt just whips that these people were getting hit with

[Benny Leonard]

TEST IT OUT:

Get gloves of different colors and put them on one of your friends. If he has dark skin, put dark gloves on him and spar. Then, put red gloves on him and spar. See if there is a difference. You can do this with a White Person as well. White gloves vs. Red Gloves.
And if you friend is a Smurf, obviously Blue gloves and then White.

[Alibata]

He should suggest the canvas to be black as well

[The Gambler1981]

All you need is one punch that someone does not really see comming to really change a fight. So even if it is only a slight thing, it only needs to happean once in a fight for it to make a difference.

Interesting thought though, never really thought about it like that.

[rizkybizness]

Very interesting thread. Their is no doubt that Clottey is very dark.

What bothers me even more about fighting dark very dark fighters is that you can never tell if you have given them a black eye. I don't mean this in a mean way but it is true, if Clottey got a black would we be able to see it on his face? No.
This makes me wonder about the ****** when they were beaten, can you imagine not having any real visible bruises after getting beat and just maybe this would cause them to get beatin' even more It wasnt just whips that these people were getting hit with

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