Floyd mandates the FLUFFY gloves for his Maidana 2 match!

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

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

[J_Undisputed]

Oh for the love of......

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.

[ninjaspy3]

At the risk of sounding like I know nothing...
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.

[ykdadamaja]

At the risk of sounding like I know nothing...
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.

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.