Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Apparently Floyd wants 8oz gloves not 10oz gloves....that may make Floyd have quicker hands, but a little less defense and IMO it makes Cotto's punches harder
Kind of an odd thing. I don't really understand Mayweather's position that he wants 8 oz? He had the postion of wanting 10oz and fight at 154lbs against Pacquiao. With a his hostory of hand problems one would think he'd like the extra padding.

Anyone know if the commission just weighs the gloves, supplies the gloves or checks to see if there is a correct amount of layers and type of padding over the fist? I would think it's easy for the manufacture to add weight just about anywhere if someone wanted a custom glove. I would also think that the different manufactures each have thier own padding methods around the fist and different methods of balancing a gloves weight depending on the hand size. I've seen written descriptions about gloves in the rules write up but never anything that details specific material and padding layer requirements for the different size gloves. Only general statements.