The NSAC will have a meeting Thursday to discuss 10-ounce glove rule

This news according to Steve Kim.

The meeting was requested by Bob Arum, who wants to stage Cotto-Margarito in Las Vegas (at the MGM Grand), but apparently Cotto will only accept it if he can wear 8-ounce gloves.

Arum wants it in Las Vegas b/c he expects it would do better numbers and media coverage on the West Coast.

This is from Steve Kim:

"The highly anticipated bout between welterweights Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto could be headed out to the desert after all. As the Nevada State Athletic Commission has agreed to meet with promoter Bob Arum and discuss their rule which mandates that all fighters over 136-pounds must wear 10-ounce gloves.

According to Arum, Cotto would balk at wearing anything other than his customary 8-ounces of leather.

" There is a hearing on Thursday," said Arum, on Friday afternoon. " It would be disgraceful if they didn't. Because I've been asking for it, there's a tremendous revenue for the state. It's a fight, I assume, would be great for the casino and everybody. And to not even have a hearing to determine, to discuss whether to do it would be almost criminal."

If the bout were to take place in Las Vegas, it would be staged at the MGM Grand.

"I know their doctor is going to testify, the commission doctor," stated Arum." Who has apparently concluded there's no damn difference."

 

Good, those 10 ounce gloves only take away Knockout power and enables more punishment and risk of injury.

 

at some undisclosed rehabilitation center there is a prematurely senile junkie thumping his bird chest.

 

This fight should be in New York.