Quote Originally Posted by AdamGB View Post
Padding greatly reduces the impact of a punch... Which is why the AIBA are removing padded headguards from competition?

They have removed an aspect of padding because the reduction in concussion gained from removing head guards MASSIVELY outweighs the increase in cuts.

If they removed gloves then hand injuries and cuts would increase much more than concussions.

You can't throw a full bodied shot without gloves unless you don't mind breaking your hands. It's as simple as that.

Floyd Mayweather has bad hands and often gets stick for picking giant gloves, do you think he pucks them because he's worried about his hands, or because he doesn't want to hurt his opponents too much?

A single blow from a bare knuckle that didn't break the hand of the thrower or leave a mark on the recipitent just doesn't have the same force as a gloved fist because obviously you don't hold back when gloved up.

Your subconcious won't let you run face first into a wall and neither will it let you punch a brick wall as hard as you can with no protection. You might be thick as fuck, but your nervous system isn't

Haye didn't break his hand and Chisora wasn't bloodied, swolen or bruised... If the punch that Haye threw was landed with even as much force as a gloved shot chisora would have taken several times in sparring, then why wasn't there notable damage to either Haye's hand or the soft tissue of Chisora's cranium? Answers on a post card.
You are working on the presumption that no one can throw a full blooded shot n anger without gloves on whithout breaking their hands. You are wrong. Iv done it plenty of times n anger and imsure many thers have and not on a target thatgives like a head either.

Yes if you are repeatedly landi g shots over 12 rou ds you would hurt your hands but a one off full hoooded shot in anger, lts of people throw them and those that know how to land a punch properly dont hurt themselves.