MAIDANA: "Gloves THEY FORCED ME TO USE had so MUCH PADDING I couldn't get hand IN"

[junior gong]

Floyd is the consumate cheat, be it with drugs or this kind of crap.

[Ham Porter]

to answer my own post i actually got a decent look at them in the fighthype video of floyd looking at them and they dont look fine at all. obviously its not first hand so i cant tell for sure not having actually held and wore the gloves myself but they look foul as hell.

he just barely touches it and the whole knuckle area collapses, they look thin as hell and when poked around the knuckle area there seems to be hardly nothing there.

also worth mentioning every single member of mayweathers team agreed "there is nothing there" referring to the padding. while i understand they are just that, part of HIS team. his dad never says he is right just because its floyd, if anything its the opposite. big floyd been around a long time too so he knows his stuff. floyd even had the guy who makes his gloves (i think) try them on and he said he never seen or made anything like that.

floyds team say very clearly its not the brand of the glove, its the glove itself. the padding isnt properly distributed and the place where its lacking is across the knuckles. they point out cotto wore those same everlast punchers gloves when he fought floyd and say it was nothing like the ones maidana was trying to wear.

Do you ever tire of making a complete and utter arse out of yourself, you drooling ******?

[Ham Porter]

This is nothing unusual to be honest. It's just strange because it happened so close to the fight. A lot of times in the past, the A-side would CHOOSE the opponents gloves. Lennox Lewis was just saying this on Twitter, that he normally chose his opponents gloves. Anyone remember Oscar choosing Floyd's gloves at 154 lbs (even though Floyd never fought there before)?

Anyone remember another high profile example of a fighter waiting until just a day before a fight to kick up a fuss over a pair of gloves and then rejecting commision approved gloves and threatening to pull out of a fight?

[aaron.king]

you didn't think it would have made a difference but Mayweather did and have you ever box with different style gloves then you would have know it does matter first hand

I have used both kinds of gloves before. While it makes a difference for the comfort of the particular fighter, if you can hit, you can hit, period. Maidana didn't land clean enough that the MX gloves would have been the difference in the fight.

[Spoon23]

I have used both kinds of gloves before. While it makes a difference for the comfort of the particular fighter, if you can hit, you can hit, period. Maidana didn't land clean enough that the MX gloves would have been the difference in the fight.

Yup he did. He landed several bombs that hit Floyd's temple.

Now if it was horse hair gloves chino would have worn. Floyd won't see 12 rounds.

Watch the replay. Floyd got hammered by tomahawk punches and if Maidana wearing punchers gloves on. Floyd would have GTFO.

Floyd looked like a lost puppy in there. Dazed and confused as if he needed to find mommy.

Imagine if Chino had a chance to wear punchers gloves on. The fight would have been more brutal.

[bbos]

i used to be a mayweather fan, but after this, im disgusted.

[hrt3333]

Was Floyd wearing the same ones at least? He calls the shots so I'd have no problem with it at all if Maidana knew from the beginning.

[Francis M.]

Ellerbe to personally check the jock strap of floyds next opponent.....

He will give it the smell test....

[radioraheem]

Yup he did. He landed several bombs that hit Floyd's temple.

Now if it was horse hair gloves chino would have worn. Floyd won't see 12 rounds.

Watch the replay. Floyd got hammered by tomahawk punches and if Maidana wearing punchers gloves on. Floyd would have GTFO.

Floyd looked like a lost puppy in there. Dazed and confused as if he needed to find mommy.

Imagine if Chino had a chance to wear punchers gloves on. The fight would have been more brutal.

Mosley dazed him. Chop Chop Corley had him dazed too. Maybe you can even throw Judah in there because of the flash KD. But Maidana? Maidana didn't daze him in that fight. But I can side with you that Maidana had him confused lots of times.

[radioraheem]

I have used both kinds of gloves before. While it makes a difference for the comfort of the particular fighter, if you can hit, you can hit, period. Maidana didn't land clean enough that the MX gloves would have been the difference in the fight.

I agree. Thing is 8 oz. gloves are no joke no matter the brand.