I'm watching the Thrilla in Manilla and the announcer just said Ali and Frazier are wearing 8 ounce gloves. I knew boxing had gone soft but I didnt realize heavyweights wore 8 ounce gloves back then. Are 8 ounce gloves allowed in any weight class today?
up to Welter they are arn't they? Pretty sure Oscar and Pac were wearing 8oz, Oscar particulary wanted to apparently.
In the old days the gloves didn't have chambers so the padding wasn't evenly divided. They could push the horse hair stuffing to the side and it would feel like they were getting hit with bare fists.
Heavies today wear 10oz; in the US in the amateurs it's 10 for 152 and below and 12 for above. I think pros is 8oz up to 147 and then 10 above that; depends on the commission though.
i don't know if they did wear 8 oz'ers in manilla... i say they would have used 10's but like stated.. they had no chambers and the hair could be pushed around inside the leather, and it was like being hit with a solid fist.. The gloves were lost in a fire at Russell Peltz's office in Philly along with most of his collection a few years ago.. such a shame they aren't around or we could solve the question for real... i say 10's.. 8 oz sound very very small, and if you look at the fight, they look a bit more oversized than 8..
In the day's of the likes of Jack Dempsey they used 5 OZ gloves. That's just one OZ heavier than the UFC's offical gloves. That's how tough these guys' were. I believe Joe Louis also used 5 OZ gloves but i'm not sure if the gloves got heavier as his career went on. Could you imagine taking bombs from the likes of Dempsey or Louis and all the other great fighter's from the olden days? Its unbelievable to look back at some of these great fight's and realise they were only using 5 ounces glvoes with inferior technology. :!: :shock:
Totally accurate! The gloves that they use today hurt more than the 8 oz gloves they used to use. The gloves were lighter, but all the weight was in the front of the gloves. Today's gloves have less padding in the knuckles but go down the wrist 4 inches. Plus, the 4 oz doesn't slow down the punches in a big heavyweight. It just adds more weight that your head gets hit by!