Guess they'll be fighting in 8 Oz. gloves.

[Eff Pandas]

Keyword, superficial damage. And I was exaggerating.

Superficial damage includes getting KTFO doe.

Brain damage is occurring in boxing more than in other combat sports (most notably MMA) because of the volume of punches guys are taking not because of the glove. Everyone's brain is a huge ***** that is getting f#cked up by being shaken around the skull even from jabs & lesser punches. Its not good for the brain to get hit at all is the thing I think many people are in denial about.

[War Room]

8 oz gloves are brutal!

[War Room]

Brain damage is occurring in boxing more than in other combat sports (most notably MMA) because of the volume of punches guys are taking not because of the glove.

Thats highly debatable. There was a study done a long time ago that had those findings. But like all studies, there is a high probability of becoming out-dated. In my experience, it's not the volume of punches, but moreso the volume of how many times you've gotten your bell rung...meaning the harder shots.

MMA hasn't been around long enough for the fighters to be studied scientifically yet.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Yeah, but there's a good story line to this, and I can't wait to see the excuses and theories about about Floyd doing PEDs from Conor fans after he gets TOSSED UP in the ring.

Fixed that for you. And I agree.

[CatchAndShoot]

Superficial damage includes getting KTFO doe.

Brain damage is occurring in boxing more than in other combat sports (most notably MMA) because of the volume of punches guys are taking not because of the glove. Everyone's brain is a huge ***** that is getting f#cked up by being shaken around the skull even from jabs & lesser punches. Its not good for the brain to get hit at all is the thing I think many people are in denial about.

Haha, funny line about brains being pussis. I agree for the most part, but I still think boxing gloves actually create greater damage upon impact compared to bare knuckles.

[Eff Pandas]

Thats highly debatable. There was a study done a long time ago that had those findings. But like all studies, there is a high probability of becoming out-dated. In my experience, it's not the volume of punches, but moreso the volume of how many times you've gotten your bell rung...meaning the harder shots.

Yea I can buy that. I just meant the "harder shots" aren't needing to be THAT much harder to lead to brain problems over the course of a career so the threshold of putting yourself in the brain damage red zone isn't just those Bradley vs Prov type fights basically.

MMA hasn't been around long enough for the fighters to be studied scientifically yet.

MMA has been around in its current form for 20+ years. And most of the stuff I'm talking about is the injuries we know about & the guys I see with that fat tongue thing. That stuff is all over in boxing & not around MMA hardly ever. Boxers are dying every few months. MMA guys die more from crazy weight loss tactics then due to fight damage & cats are taking elbows & knees to the head not just fists.

Granted there could be more brain damage in the "healthy" seeming athletes then we are able to view currently, but the known damage leans very strongly to boxing being more unhealthy to the human brain & logically it would seem that the volume of punches boxers take in comparison to most other combat sports competitors makes me believe that volume is in play as is the recovery time boxers are given after seriously injured.

[CatchAndShoot]

Fixed that for you. And I agree.

You know what's funny? I bet you anything Conor's on PEDs as we speak. Yet none of his fans ever acknowledge the possibility of him being a PED user. Are you kidding me?

[Combat Talk Radio]

You know what's funny? I bet you anything Conor's on PEDs as we speak. Yet none of his fans ever acknowledge the possibility of him being a PED user. Are you kidding me?

I don't think he is. Mayweather's got him on a strict test routine. He'd have been busted by now if he was doping.

I know some drugs go under the radar, but given Briggs got caught, I think McGregor would have been caught.

Besides, he failed to stop Paulie after 24 rounds when Shawn Porter stopped him in four.

[Chuckguy]

Yeah, but there's a good story line to this, and I can't wait to see the comments from Conor fans after he gets TOSSED UP in the ring.

Only idiots would think he has a good shot at winning. It's like if Floyd were to fight him in the octagon he would get murked
I bet they cry that he needs to rematch in the octogon or something like that

[boliodogs]

I am glad they are using 8 ounce gloves. They used to use 8 ounce gloves even for heavyweight fights. I have boxed, sparred and been in a few street fights with no gloves. You can be hurt or knocked out with any weight of glove even 14 to 20 ounce sparring gloves. I believe the lighter the glove the harder the punch you can deliver. You can punch harder with no gloves than with MMA 4 ounce gloves. You can't punch as hard with the 8 ounce gloves as with the 4 ounce gloves and that's obvious by how many knock downs and KOs they have in MMA from punches that don't look that hard. Both Mayweather and Conor will hit a little harder with 8 ounce gloves that with 10 ounce gloves. It won't make a big difference but their punches will be harder with less padding softening the blow. That's why they use the 16 ounce gloves in sparring.