Does boxing need smaller gloves to become more entertaining again.

[MRBOOMER]

10 ounces for heavy weights isn't a lot when you consider there size I think they should only use 10 oz 175 and above but hey whateve but have you ever had a 8oz fight glove on? It's like your not wearing anything lord help If you got Reyes

[The_Sandman]

Did you know that the introduction of gloves into the sport vastly increased the number of deaths in the sport?

Do you know what causes serrious brain injuries in the sport.

I spar with 16oz gloves, can't say hurt though. A good body can hurt though., but pain is temporary, glory is forever. Fight through it man.

Lol this isn't some Rocky movie or 300. It's cool to say some dramatic **** like that but let's be realistic. These boxers do fight through the pain. 8 oz gloves to your face is going to hurt. 6 oz gloves are going to do a lot more than hurt. Like you said it's going to produce more knock out, but it will also increase permanent damage. They didn't incorporate gloves into the sport for nothing. This is a sport. Not some street fight. Let's be professional. You're not just looking at the size or the padding of the gloves, but the weight as well. If speed generates power, then the speed of a guy's punch wearing 6 oz gloves are going to do more damage than the guy wearing the heavier 8 oz gloves.

[Jloro]

Yes, that way we can weed out all the cowards that don't want to fight with man gloves.

Its boxing not gladiators damn

[dansweeney]

Actually in these modern times knockouts are more prevalent. With less padding guys were more cognizant of breaking their hands. That's in general, as in any era there are always knockout punchers but for the most part guys didn't have 70 or 80 percent kayo ratios.

[D4thincarnation]

Lol this isn't some Rocky movie or 300. It's cool to say some dramatic **** like that but let's be realistic. These boxers do fight through the pain. 8 oz gloves to your face is going to hurt. 6 oz gloves are going to do a lot more than hurt. Like you said it's going to produce more knock out, but it will also increase permanent damage. They didn't incorporate gloves into the sport for nothing. This is a sport. Not some street fight. Let's be professional. You're not just looking at the size or the padding of the gloves, but the weight as well. If speed generates power, then the speed of a guy's punch wearing 6 oz gloves are going to do more damage than the guy wearing the heavier 8 oz gloves.

Serious brain injuries are caused by the whiplash effect, if anything smaller gloves will make the sport safer.

And if the punches hurt too much, maybe the sport is not for you

[UTEP]

[Fr3$h]

I would rather watch bareknuckle but since that would cause lots of hand injuries and shorten careers I guess I'm fine with everyone just wearing 5-6 oz stuff or speedbag mittens.

But I am not a "sports guy". I like fighting and that's it. I'd rather be waterboarded than watch basketball or baseball or some girly sport like that. My opinions may not represent the majority.

[The_Sandman]

Serious brain injuries are caused by the whiplash effect, if anything smaller gloves will make the sport safer.

And if the punches hurt too much, maybe the sport is not for you

I'm not saying the punch is going to hurt too much. I'm saying punches hurt. Period. That's a fact. If Brandon Rios gets punched in the face, it's going to hurt. He's not going to say it hurts, but it will hurt. That's just something boxers or fighters are going to have to live with. Just because a boxer states a fact and says getting punched in the face hurts doesn't mean the sports not for him. It's how he deals with that engraved solid truth that punches hurt. If you get punched in the face enough, whiplash or not, they will add up and cause permanent damage. And no one believes that a smaller glove will make the sport safer, other than you.

Speed generates power. That's science. That's mathematics. That's logic. In another words, you can't argue with that.

[D4thincarnation]

I'm not saying the punch is going to hurt too much. I'm saying punches hurt. Period. That's a fact. If Brandon Rios gets punched in the face, it's going to hurt. He's not going to say it hurts, but it will hurt. That's just something boxers or fighters are going to have to live with. Just because a boxer states a fact and says getting punched in the face hurts doesn't mean the sports not for him. It's how he deals with that engraved solid truth that punches hurt. If you get punched in the face enough, whiplash or not, they will add up and cause permanent damage. And no one believes that a smaller glove will make the sport safer, other than you.

Speed generates power. That's science. That's mathematics. That's logic. In another words, you can't argue with that.

The other part of that equation is mass, less mass less power.

And more knock out less cumulative damage from punches.

5oz and 6oz gloves will make the sport so much better.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I always wanted to see boxing with the 4 oz gloves like they use in MMA,,, maybe not opened-finger like in MMa but 4 oz gloves would be very entertaining..