Comments Thread For: Mayweather Explains His Position For Rejecting Gloves

[FeFist]

My only point is that maidana's camp made the wrong move by caving in... Or at least make Floyd pay you an extra 2 million for changing gloves... No way was Floyd gonna cancel the show on the eve of fight night..

You have to see things from their point of view. It would have unsettled them to continuously argue about the matter. I doubt Mayweather was there, probably just had his representatives antagonise them, so they probably just said fuck it when they realised they were the only ones being distracted.

[Dr Rumack]

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Imagine if Floyd did what they did with the change in having his opponent use higher ounce gloves? He'd get crucified on the forum.

At least the gloves were still 8 oz gloves. And 8 oz gloves, no matter the brand, is no joke. They hurt and aren't pillows, as some try to point out. And that's not to say that there are differences between 8 oz brands and styles.

Yeah but all of that was agreed to beforehand in the fight contract..


Did you see sugar Ray Leonard threatening to cancel the fight less than 24 hrs from the fight if hagler didn't agree to only 12 rounds,,,
There is a huge difference, had it been in the agreed upon fight contract, then this would have been a nonissue


Floyd did a punk move by threatening to cancel the show.. What star fighter from the 80s ever did that...

[radioraheem]

Whoever it was asking the question absolutely owned Mayweather with his questioning. I think it was Kevin Iole. If he had a problem with the gloves, why not put that in the contract?

Mayweather as usual ducked the question and started picking on some guy in the crowd because he was Argentinian. Typical deflection from Floyd.

It definitely should've been in the contract. Normally it is, Lennox Lewis was saying he normally chose his opponents gloves. But all of this was done way beforehand.

But maybe Floyd wasn't familiar with the difference in glove padding himself? The gloves themselves have only been around since 2008 I believe.

[Porter's Dad]

That was as convincing as when he explained why a catchweight was now justified for the Canelo fight, months after he crapped on Pacquaio for having one against Cotto.

[Dr Rumack]

A fighter in the 80's like Sugar Ray Leonard. The guy that insisted that the Hagler fight be 12 rounds instead of 15 in a bigger ring with 12 ounce gloves?


This **** has always gone on in boxing.

Contractually agreed upon on the basis that Hagler get the lion's share of the purse. Not remotely the same as forcing unreasonable conditions on your opponent the day of the fight.

[puga]

They wouldn't have cancelled the show... That's why I said call their bluff..

Maidana should have asked for 2 million to switch gloves, or cancel it... He would have gotten the extra money no doubt

Floyd not being able to get what he wanted woulve ended in cancellation most likely than not...everyone should know by now how this punkass b1tch operates

[Snake4380]

Mayweather should be thankful for boxing because with his level of intellect he'd be flipping burgers for a living LOL. His arguments are completely illogical and are irrelevant to the claims he makes.

First he says that De La Hoya got the choose the gloves...Ummmm they fought at 154 pounds and 10 oz. gloves are generally used at that weight. De La Hoya didn't tell him which brand to wear or anything...they both wore the same size gloves.

Ironically, Mayweather is complaining about 10 oz. gloves but was complaining about Maidana wearing gloves with less padding in the knuckle area lol.

Maidana was still wearing 8 oz. gloves just the weight is not focused as much in the knuckle area.

I say the NSAC should decide if the gloves are permitted if they permitted them for Broner why not for Mayweather.

But my main issue with Mayweather is that he wouldn't even let Maidana wear Cleto Reyes gloves LOL. The "Pacquiao gloves." From watching Mayweather clinch, use forearms and hang on the ropes most of the fight...he's lucky Maidana had on the Everlast Pillow XP edition lol.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

You have to see things from their point of view. It would have unsettled them to continuously argue about the matter. I doubt Mayweather was there, probably just had his representatives antagonise them, so they probably just said fuck it when they realised they were the only ones being distracted.

Ask for 2 million dollars or cancel the show,,,, it was a bluff by Floyd's team and maidana's team got scared and folded...


No way would Floyd cancel the show, so why agree to switch gloves, and then complain about the gloves after you lose.. Should have never switched gloves or got 2 million for a switch..
But to agree with switching gloves, and then complain later is ******

[radioraheem]

Yeah but all of that was agreed to beforehand in the fight contract..

Did you see sugar Ray Leonard threatening to cancel the fight less than 24 hrs from the fight if hagler didn't agree to only 12 rounds,,,
There is a huge difference, had it been in the agreed upon fight contract, then this would have been a nonissue

Floyd did a punk move by threatening to cancel the show.. What star fighter from the 80s ever did that...

True, I think I just said the same thing in another post, about it being done beforehand. But at the end of the day, the result is the same. Champion/A-Side choosing the opponent's gloves. Whether it happens beforehand, or the last minute, the result is the same.

It's just more annoying that if it's done at the last minute. But man, it could've been worse. At least it was still 8 oz. He could've had him wear 10 oz gloves or something. That happens quite a bit.