What if boxers fought with those 4-ounce MMA gloves?

I think boxing gloves should be downsized to maybe 8oz.
The gloves now are ridiclous, 12oz? who the **** wants to watch a pillow fight. The excitement of boxing starting to slip due to these massive pillo....oh, gloves.

There would also be far far fewer deaths with smaller gloves.

 

:huh Care to elaborate?

 

Elaborate on what?
The less deaths part?

 

.....malinaggi would no longer have a jaw, vitali and vargas would no longer have an eye, zab would no longer be able to reproduce... among other things

 

Well, a knockout is nothing but a safety mechanism by the body -- you're being hurt too much, stop what you're doing. A knockout usually accomplishes just that in a boxing or MMA-ring.

Prolonged blows cushioned is a far greater health risk.

 

That said, I shiver at the thought of Lennox Lewis with 4oz gloves.

 

Because... Jack Johnson and co knew how to defend themselves?

Because...they were defending against a single kind of attack, from the hands of their opponent, instead of low kicks/high kicks/punches/takedowns/headbutts/standing chokeholds/leglocks/armlocks/etc?

Because...MMA fighters pretty much suck at boxing?

 

Way to try and come off as an intellectual. :roll:

What is your point, exactly?

 

I haven't seen anything complex so far. I think one guy tried to bring some kind of philosofical concept into a discussion about boxing, but besides that, pretty straight-forward.

 

Another simple conclusion would be that your ignorant and a complete ********.
Thats a better one.

:good

 

I think this is pretty much spot on, it would still be boxing with a few more knockouts. To be honest I think that for boxing 4 ounce gloves are too small but smewhere in between is better due to the point that there is a reason boxing gloves got bigger in the first place, protection. But the gloves these days are rediculous sometimes.

 

It would be nice to see a reduction on glove size but 4oz would be too big of a step at the moment. It would lead to very exiting and short fights but your technitions and skillfull boxers would lose out big time. Imagine some of the big recent fights if they had been fought with the use of this size glove?

 

not sure boxers are used to tons of punishment which prepares them for a shot and does train the chin.

but remember why boxing changed to hese gloves is becuase it broke hands easy easy easy...

thats why i feel like it wont be as good becuase combo's will be less useful and will be more of a clinch fest than anything to not get hit

 

true but what killed men earlier was accumilated punishment as well with small gloves smaller gloves just helps the cause bareknuckle would be different as there is a slight rareity to put all your wieght onto the punch

 

actually think about the cultural things about this it would do to boxing.

what boxing is famous for is those 12oz leather gloves it's a symbol of boxing. to change them would get rid of it's original gloves there is a reason why bareknuckle fighters arent regarded as boxers becuase it was a different sport think about all this evolution of boxing just to be thrown out becuase peolpe want to see to untrained brawlers go toe to toe.


young kids wouldnt be able to join a gym becuase it's to rough it woulod destroy the basic group/intake/base that would join a gym.
why boxing would only be a tougman contest