Is this a good idea?

[Old bones Ian]

At the WBC convention this was suggested.
Jose Sulaiman also announced a proposition submitted by referee Joe Cortez to increase the weight of the gloves from eight to 10 ounces for all weight divisions through super welterweight, and from 10 to 12 from middleweight up, and leaving eight ounces for the two smallest divisions. "One of the reasons is that there has been research in which they have found less knockouts and less punishing punches with heavier gloves," he said.

I'm not wholly in favour of this idea , as i feel that most injuries occur because the fighter injured is taking punches for a long time, not many injuries happen because a fighter is knocked out early.
Surely if a fighter is allowed to take more punches, because his opponent can't knock him out , more injuries will occur.

Does that make sense?

[Lenny]

Oh course, Levander Johnson may well have been saved if Chavez had a knockout punch. You're right continuos punching does seem to do more damage than a single knockout shot.

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At the WBC convention this was suggested.
Jose Sulaiman also announced a proposition submitted by referee Joe Cortez to increase the weight of the gloves from eight to 10 ounces for all weight divisions through super welterweight, and from 10 to 12 from middleweight up, and leaving eight ounces for the two smallest divisions. "One of the reasons is that there has been research in which they have found less knockouts and less punishing punches with heavier gloves," he said.

I'm not wholly in favour of this idea , as i feel that most injuries occur because the fighter injured is taking punches for a long time, not many injuries happen because a fighter is knocked out early.
Surely if a fighter is allowed to take more punches, because his opponent can't knock him out , more injuries will occur.

Does that make sense?

Totally agree - what does the damage is the repeated jarring of the brain against the skull - whether you have big gloves or not, the jarring is the same.

Think about it - how many fatilities have been in the early rounds and with brutal, horrible looking knockouts?

Also in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and other MMA contests they use 2 ounce gloves and there have beeen no fatalities there...

[Old bones Ian]

Also i see that it was Joe Cortez tthe referee that has put this suggestion foward, Although i do think he's a good Ref i'm not sure what kind of medical qualifacations he has, if any.
Hopefully the WBC will for once see sense and reject this idea, but i won't be surprised to see them bring it in.