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Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
For sure, I mean for practical reasons though.

And I specifically mean the very best practitioners of MMA, not just any old joe soap.

Floyd would knock half the UFC bods his size spark out with a jab if allowed to wear the knuckle dusters. Effing scary to think what would happen if sicko boxing bangers would do in the knuckle dusters. Frightening.
It does not really work like that. Big boxing gloves increase your ability to knock somebody out not reduce it. For all that padding you are not cushioning the blow as much as protecting the fighter's hands. You are adding a big weight to the end of the arm and physics dictates that will increase the power of the impact. You hit someone repeatedly in the head without gloves and it fucks your hands up which is why bare knuckle fighters will punch to the body a lot and lower their heads to break an opponents hands. Floyd would not get near enough when people are allowed to use their legs. Mcgregor is not going to outbox Floyd and Floyd is not going to take him down anywhere but inside a boxing ring.
Actually, It doesn't really work like that. Big boxing gloves aren't there just to stop guys knuckles from being sore. they are also there for a safety measure for the opponent. you are far more likely to get cut to shreds by bare fists or virtually bare fists.
and although you are adding a big weight to your arm, it also means that because you have a weight on your arm , you are not able to throw the punch with the same speed , power and torque. Also, that big extra weight is indeed padded, and taking all this into consideration probably evens it all out.