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Boxing Gloves: Choosing the right kind

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Boxing Gloves: Choosing the right kind
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Recently, there have been alot of questions about boxing gloves and what to buy. In this segment, im going to describe the different kinds of boxing gloves and the advantages/disadvantages of each. Hopefully this will help you to decide which type of glove best suits your needs.
There are many different brands, styles, and materials of boxing gloves on the market today, across a wide rande of prices.

The first type I'll start with will be Fitness Gloves. Fitness style boxing gloves come in a variety of weights ranging from 12-16 ounces. They generally do not provide the construction quality and materials of the other gloves and that is because they are designed for "light" use. These are the types of gloves that youll see people using in a kick-boxing aerobic class for example. They are meant to provide some resistance for shadow boxing, and light bag work. Most fitness gloves are only available in velco closure style, which means they dont lace up. This makes for ease of putting them on by the user alone.
Advantages: Inexpensive, Easy to put on
Disadvantages: Poor protection, Lower quality construction and materials

The next type of glove I'll cover is the Bag Glove. Bag gloves come in a wide variety of styles and constructions. Most of the lower priced bag gloves do not have much wrist support, or wrist padding. They generally have velcro closures, although some of the higher quality versions are lace up. Lower end models usually have a soft, detatched thumb and lower lifespan from vinyl or low end coverings, while some of the higher end gloves have a protected attatched thumb and synthetic leather or real leather for long life. Bag gloves come in weights ranging from 10-18 ounces. They are not suitable for any sparring or competition work, merely bag work, hence the name.
Advantages: Value, longevity and protection with higher end models
Disadvantages: No sparring, some lower end models have no padded thumb/wrist/poor wrist support.

Next I'll talk about the Training/Sparring Glove. These gloves are used for bag training, and sparring. They are usually in the 14-18 ounce range and generally have better hand protection than the previous types. Many of the quality training gloves of today have molded or injected foam layers of protection over the knuckles and hand, have padded wrist section, and provide great stability and protection overall. These gloves come in lace up versions mainly, but some are also offered in velcro closure. These provide great durability and dont break down as quickly as a competition style glove.
Advantages: Great protection, durability, and versatility.
Disadvantages: More expensive than previous 2. Cant be used in sanctioned events.

Finally, I'll go over the last style of glove which is the Competition Glove. There are amateur competition gloves and professional competition gloves. You can tell which gloves are the amateur ones because they have a white section covering the front of the gloves and knuckles. These are used to help with scoring an amateur bout, and they are sometimes a heavier weight than a pro glove to provide more protection for the boxers. The amateur gloves come in weights from 10-12 ounce. The pro gloves provide outstanding hand protection and quality construction and come in weights of 8-12 ounces. The only real downside to a competition style glove, is that they are designed to hold shape for a number of bouts. They may break down a little quicker than a training or bag glove, because they are designed for a specific purpose, and that purpose is not grinding it out on your bag work. They are also usually more expensive than the others.
Advantages: Superior craftmanship, great protection, allowed for competition amateur and pro(You must check with the sanctioning body of the event as for which gloves are allowed)
Disadvantages: Expensive, lower lifespan than a training glove

There are also different styles of gloves that you will see such as mexican style. In general, the different styles distribute the padding and weight of the gloves in different area's giving the glove a different feel. Although 2 gloves may weigh the same oz's, they may have a very different feel to them. That is why some gloves are referred to as "punchers" gloves. Mexican style gloves like Reyes gloves are an example of these.
 
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"punchers gloves" usually get that name because of the weight distribution of padding in them. A "Punchers glove" will have less padding over the knuckle surface, and more on the back of the hand/wrist.
 
#7 ·
It depends on what you will be doing. Typically, when you first start out you wont be sparring for some time. You'll be focused on learning proper technique, punching basics, and building your stamina. Most boxers train with bag gloves (usually 12 oz). Sparring gloves would be used once your ready for that step and usually are 14-16 ounce gloves) You "should" use seperate gloves for bag training and sparring, as the bag gloves are designed to hold up to that abuse over a long period of time, while a sparring glove may not.
 
#10 ·
Those would be used for aerobic training. Shadow boxing with them on would likely give you a heck of a shoulder workout. As far as using them for bag striking, I wouldnt recommend it.
 
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LloydMayweather said:
What brand of gloves do the professionals use? For example, Floyd Mayweather when he was fighting De La Hoya, what brand of gloves were they using?

Everlast?
floyd and oscar were both using 10oz reyes gloves.

if your buying gloves for sparring id sujest everlast 14oz gloves.
 
#23 ·
Any idea which fights those guys you listed used those gloves in? I've just never seen them before, and honestly its the first I'm hearing of them.
Maybe they just use them for training?

They dont (from the picture) apear to have anywhere near the best hand protection. Especially when compared to many of the 4 layer sandwich designs, as well as gels, air-cell technologies, etc.
I guess using them is really the only true judge though.

Have you any experience with these gloves Balistik?
 
#24 · (Edited)
Floyd used these gloves against Judah and Morales used them against Barrera in their 3rd fight. Pac only trains with them to protect his hands cause he likes to fight wearing Reyes gloves. Actually I've never used them cause they're very expensive (like $200) but I'm thinking of buying them in a few years. Depends how often I will train. Here are some pics where you can see the brand (you can also see them in my avatar pic):



 
#26 ·
Thanx lol. So now you see they're used by some pros. But they're the only ones who can afford them. I won't buy a pair of gloves for $200 if I can have pretty good ones for less than half the price. Well at least not right now. By the way what do you think about Everlast Pro Trainers for bag and sparring? Heard they were ok but not hard-wearing.
 
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