Quote Originally Posted by Hairdoo
Quote Originally Posted by shza
Uh... Floyd's worn 10 oz. gloves in both fights since moving up to welter. The new rule requires that 135 and up wear 10 oz. gloves, but the previous rule already required that fighters at 147 and up wear 10 oz. gloves. The new rule changes nothing for Floyd or anyone else at WW. And he still managed to KO Sharmba pretty fast.
I thought this will be his first time using 10 ounce?
No, Sharmba was the first time using 10 oz. And obviously those weren't 8 oz. gloves he had on vs. Zab.

CC and apologies, Hairdoo. You've got it right. I got confused because I'd read in The Ring that the previous rule required 10 oz. gloves from 147 on up, and the Nevada Athletic Commission page states at one place that the previous rule required fighters from 147 and up to wear 10 oz. gloves. But that page also (more) explicitly states elsewhere that the 10 oz. requirement actually only applied to fighters of above 147 lbs. So this will indeed be Floyd's (and Baldo's) first fight with the 10 oz. gloves.

I don't think PBF could KO Baldomir even with 8 oz's anyway though.