So I Was Told Re: Morales vs. Maidana

[-EAGLE-]

Chino is getting destroyed...keep them points safe for me....

still Morales will kiss the canvas, i'm sad you'll be broke next month

[-EAGLE-]

Most likely won't matter. Maidana is plenty better enough than Morales is now that the gloves won't matter.

yea i think so too, but a b!tch move by Morales camp

[| THE KING |]

Thanks for the info homie.. Not surprised at all by the move.

[freedom213]

As many of you know I work for Everlast and one of my newer clients was Chino Maidana. We have had some good success with Chino and he liked our new MX glove so save for fights in Argentina (where he has to use Corti) he fights in Everlast in one form or another

so when the Morales fight was announced I reached out to Sebastian C. who advised Maidana asking him what Chino needed and which Everlast glove he wanted for this fight. Sebastian told me that Morales made him choose Winning gloves for this fight or no fight at all. I reached out to people at Golden Boy and they verified that Chino could only use Winning fight gloves on April 9th.

so while I do think Maidana has enough power to overcome that it does not help his cause to fight in a glove that is aimed more for protection than to damage infliction

Hey EArner, just out of curiosity I have noticed alot of fighters sporting the new MX series, they seem to be the new punchers choice, Cotto has switched, seen lots of others also. Why are they preferable over Reyes now? They seem to be shaped a bit differently and also appear a bit bulkier. Just wanted to get your take on their growing popularity.

[Alibata]

So you think the gloves made a difference in pac v Morales 1?

[Eaner0919]

Hey EArner, just out of curiosity I have noticed alot of fighters sporting the new MX series, they seem to be the new punchers choice, Cotto has switched, seen lots of others also. Why are they preferable over Reyes now? They seem to be shaped a bit differently and also appear a bit bulkier. Just wanted to get your take on their growing popularity.

They are made with a softer leather than the Reyes. We use a planchata leather which has been stretched and softened then dyed to the colors of the gloves. This makes the contact surface more pliable causing the glove to stay on the skin longer which results in more damage. We also use a mix of horse hair and foam which gives it less protection but more impact

Reyes uses kangaroo leather which from what I have seen is a bit thicker than our leather. They also use horse hair and foam but there seems to be more padding up front.

we switched guys like Rios and Donaire to this glove and they swear by them.

We tried with Arreola but IMO using the MX above say 168 is a risk because they hit hard enough not to need the benefits of a punchers glove. He hurt his hands in the process and I won't allow him to use the MX anymore.

[Tamis!]

So you think the gloves made a difference in pac v Morales 1?

I think it's Manny's socks which made the fight as it was in EM/pac 1

Seriously though Morales wanted the safe route but he's gonna get KTFO still.

[IMDAZED]

Why does Morales insist on Winning? Does he have hand problems? Not that it should matter what glove Maidana uses.

[Eaner0919]

Why does Morales insist on Winning? Does he have hand problems? Not that it should matter what glove Maidana uses.

I have to believe for the same reasons he chose to use winning for fights with Manny and Barrera and just about everyone else. He wants to minimize as damage as possible both to his hands and to his body.

The only fights I have seen his opponents in anything other than Winning are the ones where he wasn't either the bigger name or the champion (Jesus Chavez, David Diaz, Manny after the 2nd fight)

[freedom213]

They are made with a softer leather than the Reyes. We use a planchata leather which has been stretched and softened then dyed to the colors of the gloves. This makes the contact surface more pliable causing the glove to stay on the skin longer which results in more damage. We also use a mix of horse hair and foam which gives it less protection but more impact

Reyes uses kangaroo leather which from what I have seen is a bit thicker than our leather. They also use horse hair and foam but there seems to be more padding up front.

we switched guys like Rios and Donaire to this glove and they swear by them.

We tried with Arreola but IMO using the MX above say 168 is a risk because they hit hard enough not to need the benefits of a punchers glove. He hurt his hands in the process and I won't allow him to use the MX anymore.

thanks, very cool, sounds like you will do great things with these gloves.