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Quote Originally Posted by peter mcneil View Post
According to my boxing coach the smaller gloves will help Floyd even more. He thinks Conor still has pop with the 10oz gloves but that Floyd needs the added power. He also thinks Floyd likely believes he can deal with Conors speed (or lack of) at 8oz while the smaller the glove the more difficult it will be for Conor to avoid Floyd's counters. I actually think the smaller mitts will help Floyd more.

thats cool, but any factor whatsoever that moves the bar closer to conor's mma environment is overwhelmingly benefitting conor.

we both know who the better boxer is but you know... increasingly uneasy.
Glove size doesn't make this anything close to an MMA fight, it's a boxing match. Everything is different, the distancing, the footwork, the effective defense. 8oz gloves are still a boxing glove and I think the smaller glove will actually make the speed and skill differential between the two larger. I think Mayweather fully believes the 8oz benefits him more than Conor. I really don't think this overwhelmingly benefits Conor at all, the only glove choice that would is one that has finger holes.

What should make you feel uneasy is the fact that it seems Conor held his own vs malignaggi. Paulie first claims to have beaten the bricks off Conor in sparring only to follow that up by conceding he lost their first sparring session and that Conor got the best of him rounds 1-5 in their second session. Conor can obviously box. That being said, Mayweather could beat Malignaggi in his sleep so the skill difference will still be enormous.

Malignaggi is also looking like an enormous baby through this all. What the fuck did he think was going to happen? Conor has to sell a fight and make people believe he can box. What a delicate man.