No its not dumb by Floyd at all , this is the very same reason Manny wore 8oz against Margo , its about busting them up , actually 10oz are more likely to KO you they are more concussive , the smaller glove is about speed and breaking your face .
Mayweather hasn't busted anybody's face up in years. Anyway it dosn't matter what gloves they use, once Mayweather feels those powerful jabs from Cotto he's gonna turn super defensive and the pace and puch output will slow down from both fighters
The problem is that He will allow Cotto, a bigger puncher to wear 8oz gloves. That could be his biggest mistake because Cotto is a great body puncher and if He broke Pacquiao's ear drum with 10oz gloves, Cotto could do a lot more damage to Mayweather with 8oz gloves. Mayweather would not only face Cotto at his best weight, but with smaller gloves. His over confidence will back fire and I'm sure Team Cotto will agree to use 8oz.
8oz gloves will favour Mayweather, not Cotto. I doubt Cotto can hurt Floyd either way. He'd likely have to land something Floyd didn't see coming, and I think he's too slow to do that. But Mayweather will have a better chance at discouraging Cotto and busting up his face with the smaller gloves.
This is dumb from Mayweather it will actually benefit Cotto more than him!!
This is one of those cases in wich you say, "Becareful what you wish for"
As long as cotto dont wear Grants, he will be good to go!
Mayweather (quite righly) believes Cotto is chinny. He wants the 8oz gloves because he knows he is going to hit Cotto on the button hard in this fight.
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