Originally Posted by Thai Bri

Nope. If you're good with gloves, chances are you used to hitting with padding. Hitting for real is gonna hurt ya. Chances are you are not used to fighting whilst making an actual fist (or open handed, if that is your thing). Hitting for real is gonna hurt ya. Chances are you'll hold your hands high by the side of your face, expecting to be "covered" from other gloved blows. But his bare hands will either punch past or straight into yours. So you'll be knocked out by the bare bone of his hands, or your own.

If you're good with gloves chances are you need to ensure you do loads of practice without gloves.