Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor both have made it clear in the last few weeks that they want to eschew the traditional 10-ounce gloves for their Aug. 26 fight and instead battle with eight-ounce gloves. On Wednesday, the Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously approved the change, ESPN reported.

Yes, the NAC is breaking its own rule, and yes, it’s going against the idea that every bout fought at 147 pounds or heavier must be contested with 10-ounce gloves for safety reasons (obviously, a fighter wearing eight-ounce gloves can throw punches faster and hit harder than one wearing 10-ouncers). Yes, many in the media find this idea dangerous.

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But both fighters should be pleased with the ruling.

As we’ve written, the only way this fight won’t be a ripoff to the millions of people who will pay $99 to watch an MMA star with no boxing experience try to beat the greatest boxer of his generation is if Mayweather goes for the knockout. Mayweather, who hasn’t scored a knockout since 2011 and has managed only one since 2007, stated recently that he, in fact, would try to stop McGregor.

Throughout his career, Mayweather has struggled with brittle hands, and he’s never scored a stoppage in the junior middleweight class. Mayweather probably would have an easier time knocking out McGregor with eight-ounce gloves than he could with those that weigh two ounces more.

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For McGregor, who fights in the UFC with four-ounce gloves, the ruling is also a victory. The man who likely will make at least $75 million for his first foray into boxing has plenty of strength in MMA with those smaller gloves. There’s no telling how much knockout power he’ll have as a boxer with 10-ounce gloves. Eight-ounce gloves could make a huge difference if he can actually land a clean shot on Mayweather’s chin.

So, perhaps Mayweather will be in slightly more danger now that McGregor can use eight-ounce gloves. But there’s perhaps even more money for Mayweather to make now that the glove sizes have been changed.

Mayweather has talked up McGregor recently, saying McGregor is bigger and younger and actually has an edge in the fight. This glove change continues that narrative—it could stand to reason that McGregor, the stronger fighter, now has an even better chance to shock Mayweather with a knockout, because the lighter gloves will be more conducive to that possibility.

With Mayweather still needing help to sell tickets for this event and with the assumption that he wants the betting odds as low as possible so he can cash in when he inevitably wagers on himself, the glove change (or at least the perception of the kind of difference it might make) also could massively help Mayweather’s bottom line.

“Both guys have agreed that they want to fight in eight-ounce gloves,” Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe said last week. “… I think [eight-ounce gloves would be] a good thing. I think with the mindset that both guys have, they’re looking to knock each other out. … This isn’t a game or anything. If the commission approves it, both guys will be wearing the same ounce gloves. I think the probability increases if both guys are wearing eight-ounce gloves that somebody is getting knocked out.”

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Now, both camps seem happy.

Very pleased with the ruling today by the Nevada Athletic State Commission and the appointment of the officials for our event on 26 Aug.

— Leonard Ellerbe (@LEllerbe) August 16, 2017

Is this a bad idea in general? Dr. Raymond Monsell, the chairman for the Association of Ringside Physicians, certainly thinks so. In a letter sent to the NAC, via MMAFighting.com, Monsell wrote, “Unless there is scientific evidence to support the view that such a change might improve the safety of the bout, we should strongly caution against allowing current regulations to be overruled. To do so would also set a precedent for future bouts.”

The NAC, though, made its decision. And in this case, it appears the commission has picked money (and the ability to make as much of it as possible) over safety.

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