This kind of stuff drives me nuts.

Just let each fighter choose which kind of gloves he wants to wear. Is it that difficult? I'm not talking about just this fight, but any fight.

If a guy wants to wear Reyes because he's a puncher, then let him wear Reyes. If a fighter has brittle hands and wants to wear Winning gloves to get more padding, then let him wear Winning.

Obviously you never know who to believe when Don King is involved, but if Wlad's camp are the people behind this, then I don't know what Wlad's problem is. If he wants to be considered the #1 heavyweight, then he would show up and KO this guy without worrying about whether Austin is wearing a puncher's glove or a standard glove or a pillow glove or whatever.