Boxers should have lighter gloves....Its ridiculous

[Zarco]

Actually, Boxers sustain more brain injuries due to bigger gloves since they prevent a more immediate KO's, thus, allowing for continual punishment.

In a sense, it would be beneficial for Boxers to use smaller gloves because fights would end quicker.

i dont know man, if you got ktfo like 30 or 40 times, wouldnt that really *** you up?

[ßringer]

These guys are fightin each other with fkin pillows, it a mockery to the sport when u consider in the old days it was more or less barefisted.
The guys dont get hurt in there anymore with those damn pillows, this is why MMA will surpass boxing in a year or so
Because boxing has turned soft and everyone knows it

To the bolded ; Yeah, I've only been hearing that for the last 3 years.

To the underlined ; What would you call Marquez/Diaz, Vazquez/Marquez, Marquez/Pacquiao, Casamayor/Katsidis, Mosley/Margarito, Cotto/Margarito, Corrales/Castillo, and numerous others in the last few years then?

[DeymarPR]

this fool ask homie if he's been in a ring, uummm wake up call thread maker, mayb 50% of the pple in this forum actually do box, idiot

[mrpain81]

Actually, Boxers sustain more brain injuries due to bigger gloves since they prevent a more immediate KO's, thus, allowing for continual punishment.

In a sense, it would be beneficial for Boxers to use smaller gloves because fights would end quicker.

Actually the gloves protect the hands, the reasons you see so many Ko's in MMA is because most those guys swing for the fences while having absolutely no defense. The reason fighters are able to keep getting hurt in Boxing is more the 8 count and the refs not stopping a fight when a guys keeps getting battered.

[BetterCallSaul]

***** sport. It's always looking out for the long term health of the athletes that participate in it. I think they should fight in these



I call them 'the stinger'.

[joe90210]

hell no, smaller gloves mean faster KOs, I don't want all the fights to end in the first 4 rounds

[sandyvahra]

These guys are fightin each other with fkin pillows, it a mockery to the sport when u consider in the old days it was more or less barefisted.
The guys dont get hurt in there anymore with those damn pillows, this is why MMA will surpass boxing in a year or so
Because boxing has turned soft and everyone knows it

You're not very bright. If Boxers wore MMA gloves they would break their hands because boxers throw 3x more accurate, 3x faster & 3x harder. Not to mention throw a lot more punches period. Gloves are in place to protect their hands, not to minimize potential injury to an opponent. Donkey.

[onedream722]

smaller gloves would ruin the sport...1st round knockouts get old a fight going back and forth for 10 rounds is much better to watch in my opinion...also if they had smaller gloves the fighters would be much more cautious thus leading to less action..example like mma when the guys wait two minutes circling eachother before engaging..one fight i drank a whole beer before anyone even landed a punch!!!!!!!!!!!!

[deanrw]

Actually, Boxers sustain more brain injuries due to bigger gloves since they prevent a more immediate KO's, thus, allowing for continual punishment.

In a sense, it would be beneficial for Boxers to use smaller gloves because fights would end quicker.

I have heard that argument before. Someone once said: "If you want to get rid of deaths in the ring, go back to bare knuckles"

What they meant by that is fighters will be far less apt to aim for the head with full steam on their punches because they would fear shattering their hands.

[pugilistfan]

These guys are fightin each other with fkin pillows, it a mockery to the sport when u consider in the old days it was more or less barefisted.
The guys dont get hurt in there anymore with those damn pillows, this is why MMA will surpass boxing in a year or so
Because boxing has turned soft and everyone knows it

You're an idiot. MMA use 4-6oz gloves, boxing uses 8-10oz gloves. Stop being such an ADD idiot.

Boxing is fine the way it is. You see more KO's in MMA because the fighters are far inferior strikers with mediocre chins.

Glove size has very little to do with KO's.