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I TOOK A LOOK AT BOXING GLOVES FROM THE JACK JOHNSON VS JESSE WILLARD FIGHT IN CUBA........THEY APPEAR TO BE MUCH SMALLER...................DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW BOXING GLOVES HAVE CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS. IF F SO PLEASE POST....? ........

I do know that the standard for a long time was 6 oz. gloves.

I believe somewhere around the 60's (following the Griffith vs Benny Paret fight I'd imagine) is when it got bumped up to 8 oz. gloves.

Fighters from either Jr. Middleweight or Middleweight (I forget which) onward where 10 oz. gloves in the modern era.

Fighters from Welterweight on down still wear 8 oz. gloves.

Nobody uses 6 oz. gloves anymore, but back in the days of Johnson/Willard fight I believe 6 oz. gloves was the standard across the board.

If I'm wrong on that, feel free to correct me somebody.