Floyd mandates the FLUFFY gloves for his Maidana 2 match!

LOLOLOL... what a little punk. There was nothing wrong with the other gloves. Floyd's career will be marred with an asterisk of punk little moves. In the Caribbean, we call it "light vibes"... dude not a heavyweight by any stretch of the imagination.

Well, there are ways to "Stiffen" gloves- gloves with foam and/or gloves with down-padding. Easier with down-padding.

Just put heat over the gloves to loosen it up... the padding becomes loose and easier for the knuckles to press through the foam.

Or, you can, after you warm them up, dip them in cold freezer air or water, and let them stiffen. This is harder to get away with... but you will knock someone the fuck out like you had on brass knucks.

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Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

LOLOLOL... what a little punk. There was nothing wrong with the other gloves. Floyd's career will be marred with an asterisk of punk little moves. In the Caribbean, we call it "light vibes"... dude not a heavyweight by any stretch of the imagination.

Well, there are ways to "Stiffen" gloves- gloves with foam and/or gloves with down-padding. Easier with down-padding.

Just put heat over the gloves to loosen it up... the padding becomes loose and easier for the knuckles to press through the foam.

Or, you can, after you warm them up, dip them in cold freezer air or water, and let them stiffen. This is harder to get away with... but you will knock someone the fuck out like you had on brass knucks.

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of course he is a little punk bitch. always has been. frankly im surprised he even took the rematch! but im sure he will have contacted the refs,venue and everyone to make sure it goes his way! KO is the only way maidana can win. and how can u KO someone who runs nonstop and refuses to engage???
boring boring boring!!!

its a no win situation for marcos, but i still hope and pray he beats this so-called FACE OF BOXING, a true disgrace to boxing. and I'm American!!! lol

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Originally Posted by #1FightFan

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Originally Posted by ykdadamaja

LOLOLOL... what a little punk. There was nothing wrong with the other gloves. Floyd's career will be marred with an asterisk of punk little moves. In the Caribbean, we call it "light vibes"... dude not a heavyweight by any stretch of the imagination.

Well, there are ways to "Stiffen" gloves- gloves with foam and/or gloves with down-padding. Easier with down-padding.

Just put heat over the gloves to loosen it up... the padding becomes loose and easier for the knuckles to press through the foam.

Or, you can, after you warm them up, dip them in cold freezer air or water, and let them stiffen. This is harder to get away with... but you will knock someone the fuck out like you had on brass knucks.

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of course he is a little punk bitch. always has been. frankly im surprised he even took the rematch! but im sure he will have contacted the refs,venue and everyone to make sure it goes his way! KO is the only way maidana can win. and how can u KO someone who runs nonstop and refuses to engage???
boring boring boring!!!

its a no win situation for marcos, but i still hope and pray he beats this so-called FACE OF BOXING, a true disgrace to boxing. and I'm American!!! lol

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Maidana has to knock him out...

Maidana is not going to knock him out with fluffy glovareand his chances of winning are even lower now.

This is true... Floyd rejected both Reyes and Everlast in favor of the Sock Em Boppers brand.

http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/prod...10132821dt.jpg

getting punched in the face with pillows

Floyd is no ring warrior, that's for sure. :(

What a load of horse hair.

Oh don't worry the officials have all been given the script I have a sad feeling that Kenny Bayless, a usually very competent ref, will follow the script like Joe Cortez did with Ricky Hatton. & just stop Maidana from fighting his fight. I'm also surpised Floyd hasn't insisted Marcos be blindfolded & have one leg in a sling. He'd get his wish in Vegas if he did

I'd like to know what the fine print says both in contracts signed and what the NSAC says in its own rule book.
If its up to the fighter then spell it out instead of causing another shit storm. If they can bring any glove universally approved then why is Maidana not bringing cleto reyes? Was it the Cleto Reyes factory that made these Everlasts? Whats the deal with these everlasts are they magic or are they a cleverly hidden pair of cleto reyes? This glove gate seems easily solved. Release the details and stop what is sure to become more rabid speculation

I kind of blame the NSAC for dropping the ball in the first installment. You would think that boxing gloves would be the first priority to nail down in any fight let alone one at this level. Its actually daft to once again be in this comedy skit again. Its not even a deflection. Its an illustration of incompetence shared jointly by all parties. At least we all knew from the start that Leonard got glove choice with Hagler because it was part of the contract and public knowledge.

This fight has gone stupid. The dual belts, the glove weight 8 or 10 and now this and Maidana is now threatening to walk.

HEMMHOROID Floyd keeps proving what a little bitch he is. I bet he doesnt even USE gloves when he beats on women, though. Hemmhoroid Floid will be in jail getting ass-raped by the time he is 42 years old

I bet Everlast makes a Reyes knock off.

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Originally Posted by IamInuit

I'd like to know what the fine print says both in contracts signed and what the NSAC says in its own rule book.
If its up to the fighter then spell it out instead of causing another shit storm. If they can bring any glove universally approved then why is Maidana not bringing cleto reyes? Was it the Cleto Reyes factory that made these Everlasts? Whats the deal with these everlasts are they magic or are they a cleverly hidden pair of cleto reyes? This glove gate seems easily solved. Release the details and stop what is sure to become more rabid speculation

I kind of blame the NSAC for dropping the ball in the first installment. You would think that boxing gloves would be the first priority to nail down in any fight let alone one at this level. Its actually daft to once again be in this comedy skit again. Its not even a deflection. Its an illustration of incompetence shared jointly by all parties. At least we all knew from the start that Leonard got glove choice with Hagler because it was part of the contract and public knowledge.

This fight has gone stupid. The dual belts, the glove weight 8 or 10 and now this and Maidana is now threatening to walk.

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People need an angle to sell this fight because Floyd will win the fight easy and there is no other excitement to the fight.

Sorry if this is a really dumb question but is 'MX' an abbreviation of Mexico?

I noticed that Cleto Reyes website is .mx and I think the penny has just dropped :rolleyes: :-X

Oh for the love of......:vd:

Even though the fights are sanctioned by the NSAC, floyd waits till this late date to pull these little BS things with money as leverage. Even if the NSAC said the gloves are legal, floyd will suddenly trip and fall in the dressing room and hurt himself in front of no witnesses... fights off. The opponents (Chino in this case) know that if they want their check and they don't want 3 months of training to go to $hit, they have to concede...

B*tch Move... People should boycott this fight on PPV. The challenger usually gets a fixed amount as long as he fights. Its guys like floyd that get percentages of PPV, gate, etc. So Maidana should get all the money he was promised and floyd gets less than he is expecting for playing these games.

Can we get 50 cent a seat near floyds corner? It would be hilarious to see Chino mandate the fight be for belts and a library card at the weigh in ..or final press conference.;D

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Originally Posted by greynotsoold

I bet Everlast makes a Reyes knock off.

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Everlast is the biggest and most clumsiest of the brands... it's real old school.

Me, personally, I prefer the Reyes. After that I'd do the TKO's. Can't stand the Everlast or Grant's... too big, too clumsy, and they slide all around your wrist and hand.

At the risk of sounding like I know nothing... ;D
Well, I will get to the point here.

Can anyone tell me approximately how much difference these alternate gloves are going to make?

Like, how much more cusion do they have actually?
I wouldn't think there could be but a certain degree of variation in the gloves available for use in pro fights. Please, someone educate me.

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Originally Posted by ninjaspy3

At the risk of sounding like I know nothing... ;D
Well, I will get to the point here.

Can anyone tell me approximately how much difference these alternate gloves are going to make?

Like, how much more cusion do they have actually?
I wouldn't think there could be but a certain degree of variation in the gloves available for use in pro fights. Please, someone educate me.

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1. They have mandated 10lb gloves over the 8lb gloves- heavier gloves, more padding.

2. The distribution of the padding differs from brand to brand- Reyes has a tighter packed glove in the point of the knuckle, and less around the backhand portion of the glove; Everlast and Grant has padding that's looser (fluffier) around the knuckle and slacker around the wrist.

For me, 8lb gloves with stiff padding in the knuckle point gives me more damage- and better punch-dynamics. More focused point of contact and a sharper hit.

The only thing with the Grant and Everlast is that they protect the knuckle a little more. 10lb moreso than the 8lb. But they are, for me, personally, bad for the wrist as the padding and make around the wrist portion hurts the wrist more than the Reyes or TKO.

Reyes and TKO has better wrist protection. If you are a puncher, protecting your wrists is more of a premium than knuckle damage.

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Originally Posted by greynotsoold

I bet Everlast makes a Reyes knock off.

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I think that's what the problem is here. Not sure why people keep comparing these Everlasts to the Everlasts that are usually worn in fights. They are not the same gloves. If they were we would not be having this problem. And again I cant believe that we are here again after the last circus but I suppose they figured it got under Floyds skin the first time which again begs the question is there are glove contract?

My guess is that there is, otherwise why would Maidana not be wearing Reyes? I believe they are trying to get Reyes gloves in with an Everlast decal on them and wouldn't be surprised to learn that the Everlasts are produced in the Reyes factory in Mexico. This would be in line with the concerns over the padding and direction in the first fight. It was designed to work its way toward the wrists and not stay around the knuckles. To attempt the same thing as last time is weak and its not going to sell more tickets. Its going to turn people off.

Its already compounded by the fact that both titles are on the line. They have not yet announced whether are using 8's or 10's.

Tyson during his peak wanted to wear Everlast because of their history. He helped them design the glove so that they became punchers gloves for him.