Professional boxers should use 14-16 oz gloves in fights in order to reduce knockouts/damage

I've been doing a lot of thinking and I believe these are great reasons as to why bigger gloves, heavier padded gloves would be better for the sport of boxing. Lots of people out there want to see the sweet science performed at it's zenith, hitting and not getting hit, pure boxing. Not knockouts.

Horse hair gloves are now becoming more and more obsolete. I believe that horse hair gloves will be BANNED in the future by all commissions, foam gloves are the future.

This would greatly aid in protection of the fighters as well as enable boxers to really showcase their skills. I would love for this to occur. I want to see defense, not backyard brawls. In doing so it would greatly heighten the skill level of all the fighters out there because with heavier padded gloves, they know the chances of knockouts would be reduced dramatically, therefore, they would focus on boxing skills as a result.

1. Reduces knockouts/damage significantly
2. Prioritizes Defense
3. Prioritizes the sweet science (Which is what boxing should be about), hitting and not getting hit. Not knockouts.

Discuss.

 

There's truly nothing better than defensive boxing

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That's not defensive boxing, idc about it.

 

I think you're completely understating the attraction defensive boxing brings to the general public. A lot of people love watching the sweet science, not knockouts.

Just saying. I'm sure there's a decent sized market for brawls/knockouts, but there's also a good size market of purists.

 

It is great start that horsehair gloves are becoming obsolete, but we have a ways to go before safety becomes a true thing in boxing.

 

Ward is a boxing purist of the highest order, he just has an incredible inside fighting game to boot. Same with Floyd.

These two men are like water. Bruce Lee style.