Im going to start boxing training for fitness that may include sparring and I was wondering what I should be looking for in boxing gloves for this purpose so I know what to buy..
Im male in my mid 20s and about 6.0 ft or 186cm.
cheers
For sparring, you’ll want to order at least 16 ounce gloves, preferably 18 ounce even.
Out of all the brands available for a low or average price, I only trust Ringside. It’s the highest-end glove on the average affordability scale. It’s just amazing that such a good company contracts their only option of shipping through the shittiest and most corrupt shipping company in the world- UPS. If you live in Alaska (like I do) or Hawaii, you will pay a minimum of $43 for shipping, even if your order a key chain or shirt. On top of that, your order will always take two weeks to reach you rather than the guaranteed two days, but that’s fine because after Ringside and UPS deny you a refund for it (by not replying to your emails), you just call your credit card company and have the insane shipping charge reversed. But all that is if you live in Alaska or Hawaii.
Other than Ringside, if you’re willing to shell out big money for top notch gloves that will last quite a while and that will remain intact and will serve you like gloves should, get Cleto Reyes or Grant. It’s what all the professionals use. The only thing you should buy from Grant is their "Professional" line of gloves, not the other glove models. Other than the Professional gloves, you should order nothing from Grant other than maybe their boxing trunks. A lot of Grant products are overpriced trash (their $30 neck strengthener can be found elsewhere for $9 easily). The problem is that Grant is another American company (they only really care about making money), so they don’t store or ship their products with any care of preservation of product quality, so roughly half of your items will be as if they got sat on by an elephant upon opening the box.
That just leaves Cleto Reyes as the other high-end brand to get. I’ve never personally tried them myself, but I know they’re held in extremely high regard among the boxing group in general. Most of the pros use Cleto Reyes as their brand, their especially used by people who punch hard because the padding in the Cleto Reyes gloves are distributed throughout the glove and not just on the knuckle area, meaning it makes your opponent feel one hell of a punch from you.
So essentially:
3.) Rindside
2.) Grant
1.) Cleto Reyes
But remember, if you want jacked up product and shipping costs, as well as customer service incompetence and complete corruption and rip-off tactics, by all means order from Everlast or Title. Their business is selling cheap (and often previously used), half-broken, Chinese-made products at 5x their value, while shipping it at additional unreasonable rates, while being governed or oversaught by no one with any moral or ethical values towards keeping the company name at what it once was. Some will say that only their lower-end stuff is garbage, but it’s the same with a majority their higher-end stuff as well, trust me. Funniest of all, you’ll order an item when it’s on sale and they’ll confirm that the item in question is indeed on sale, but they’ll secretly bill you for the standard item price and other sneaky little corporate bullshit like that. It’s sad, really. So remember Everlast and Title as a total no-no.
Use heavier gloves around 16oz – 20oz. to prevent you and your sparring partner from landing harder blows at each other, since it is heavier, you won’t get enough leverage.
Also, it can help develop you handspeed by the time you wear lighter gloves.
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For sparring, you’ll want to order at least 16 ounce gloves, preferably 18 ounce even.
Out of all the brands available for a low or average price, I only trust Ringside. It’s the highest-end glove on the average affordability scale. It’s just amazing that such a good company contracts their only option of shipping through the shittiest and most corrupt shipping company in the world- UPS. If you live in Alaska (like I do) or Hawaii, you will pay a minimum of $43 for shipping, even if your order a key chain or shirt. On top of that, your order will always take two weeks to reach you rather than the guaranteed two days, but that’s fine because after Ringside and UPS deny you a refund for it (by not replying to your emails), you just call your credit card company and have the insane shipping charge reversed. But all that is if you live in Alaska or Hawaii.
Other than Ringside, if you’re willing to shell out big money for top notch gloves that will last quite a while and that will remain intact and will serve you like gloves should, get Cleto Reyes or Grant. It’s what all the professionals use. The only thing you should buy from Grant is their "Professional" line of gloves, not the other glove models. Other than the Professional gloves, you should order nothing from Grant other than maybe their boxing trunks. A lot of Grant products are overpriced trash (their $30 neck strengthener can be found elsewhere for $9 easily). The problem is that Grant is another American company (they only really care about making money), so they don’t store or ship their products with any care of preservation of product quality, so roughly half of your items will be as if they got sat on by an elephant upon opening the box.
That just leaves Cleto Reyes as the other high-end brand to get. I’ve never personally tried them myself, but I know they’re held in extremely high regard among the boxing group in general. Most of the pros use Cleto Reyes as their brand, their especially used by people who punch hard because the padding in the Cleto Reyes gloves are distributed throughout the glove and not just on the knuckle area, meaning it makes your opponent feel one hell of a punch from you.
So essentially:
3.) Rindside
2.) Grant
1.) Cleto Reyes
But remember, if you want jacked up product and shipping costs, as well as customer service incompetence and complete corruption and rip-off tactics, by all means order from Everlast or Title. Their business is selling cheap (and often previously used), half-broken, Chinese-made products at 5x their value, while shipping it at additional unreasonable rates, while being governed or oversaught by no one with any moral or ethical values towards keeping the company name at what it once was. Some will say that only their lower-end stuff is garbage, but it’s the same with a majority their higher-end stuff as well, trust me. Funniest of all, you’ll order an item when it’s on sale and they’ll confirm that the item in question is indeed on sale, but they’ll secretly bill you for the standard item price and other sneaky little corporate bullshit like that. It’s sad, really. So remember Everlast and Title as a total no-no.
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JM is right 18 oz will prevent you from getting really hurt. However i think you should also get a 8oz pair too, i find mitts to be more fun when you hit them with the smaller gloves. Dont forget to wrap them hands
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under 147- 16oz
above 147- 18oz
…someone said you should get 8oz gloves for mitts, that’s stupid because as an amateur you will never use 8oz for competition
get 10oz for bag and mitt work.
brands i recommend in no specific order
Winning
Grant
Cleto Reyes
Ringside
i have some New reyes gloves 16 oz straight from mexico….message me and ill cut you a deal sdfredy@yahoo. com
PS..do NOt, i repeat do not buy Everlast, its everlast alright…everlastingcrap that is!
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