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He just wants to act tougher than everyone else without having to substantiate it.
There is nothing particularly "tough" about training in a traditional way. It takes more physical toughness to spar several times per week with gloves according to the sports methodology. Training in that way takes it out of you in a way that traditional training does not. You should stop projecting.
He also wasn't just talking bareknuckle vs gloved, but headgear and other protective gear. Full contact sparring can be done with headgear to avoid serious cuts and broken noses, and I think it's an exaggeration to say it screws up distance to any substantial degree.
Many boxers and MT guys would disagree with you. Having used headgear I can say that I hate it a lot more than heavy gloves. The worst headgear I have used is daido juku helmets which train people to miss punches and to be unable to avoid punches properly, but regular boxing headgear is also awful for distancing.
but if guy b.'s VT doesn't even work with light gloves on
My VT will work with gloves on because I train without (i.e. I train ving tsun, a non-gloved martial art). Yours will not work if you only train with because you are training a different kind of punch and a different dynamic.