MMA glove vs Boxing glove

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  1. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRmOOWPTRBs&feature=feedrec_grec_index[/ame]

    I agree that the force is similar as the padding is on the knuckle and that is where the force is released. The rest of the padding around the fist is not enough to slow the fist down to significantly reduce power. It can offer more wrist protection so a better delivered punch but more often more padding means the boxer throws a technically incorrect punch as they are under the illusion their hands are protected. Taylor, Malignaggi and numerous others have simply terrible punching technique.

    What MMA gloves offer and what I preach is accuracy. The way you want to throw your fist, the way you want to land it and where you want to land it are all superior to the boxing glove. I always say use the smallest boxing glove possible and good technique will be your friend and easier to execute.

    Even though boxers are obviously better and more skilled at boxing, ironically they are often less technically correct and put into practice the fundamentals when compared to a mixed martial artist. Alot of this is to do with the joke of the glove they often wear as it also sees them adopt a points mentally rather than a ko one.
     
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  2. HulkDempsey

    HulkDempsey Guest

    I know you got to respect science but I've been hit by the same guy with 8 oz fight gloves 16 oz sparring gloves and mma gloves. Mma gloves are much harder and hurt more.
     
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  3. HulkDempsey

    HulkDempsey Guest

    I don't agree with your asseration that mma guys generally hit more correctly. If I had to take a bare fisted punch from either a mma guy or same weight boxer 9 times outta ten I'm taking the mma guy.
     
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  4. HulkDempsey

    HulkDempsey Guest

    Also achilles..paulie mags punches like **** because his hands are messed up, so he tries to avoid further injury, that is also one of the main reasons Joe Calzaghe started slapping...early in his career he threw primarly correct punches.
     
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  5. Stoo

    Stoo Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    How many times have you been banned now Johnstown?
     
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  6. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fight science/sport science is such a bollocks show. Its a great idea just poorly executed.
     
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  7. HENDO

    HENDO Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Your idea that boxers are less accurate and less technically correct than MMA fighters is laughable.
     
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  8. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Its an absurd idea.
     
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  9. Tuffnutz

    Tuffnutz ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    I heard something about Bones spinning elbow being faster than a helicopter blade, or some ****.

    I mean, WTF? :lol:
     
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  10. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah and GSP punches harder than Shogun and kicks and apparently Troy Polamalu is faster than a bolt of lighting. Such bull**** :lol:
     
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  11. Lynchburg

    Lynchburg Guest

    Brock's takedown has the same force as being hit in the ribs with a formula one car!!!!

    Lynchburg
     
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  12. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Seriously how do they even come up with this ****? I hadn't heard that one :patsch
     
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  13. Tuffnutz

    Tuffnutz ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  14. HulkDempsey

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    Sports Science is very little sports and almost no science. One thing you will notice is they almost never employe a uniform method of measurement. They will have a boxers punch measured one way one time, then another another time, and truth is, all those tests need to be done in a very uniform way to have any validaity.
     
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  15. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In the rugby vs NFL one they let a football player spear a dummy and record the force. They made the rugby player hit a man who had sensors attached... :patsch

    Its all bull**** anyway. Rugby vs Football, Boxing vs MMA etc. It depends on who the athlete is.
     
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