G'day everyone I am keen to get a new pair of 160z velcro gloves (leather) to be used for sparring. What do you guys think the best are? Cheers Slugger
depends how much u wana use them. i hear grant gloves are very good and they protect ur hands. i think bout £70 on boxrec shop, not sure
Whatever you do? Don't buy Ringside. They switched suppliers from China to Pakistan and the rest is history. Their quality has gone off of a cliff. I wasted SH on two pair hoping that I just got a bad batch. No, that was how they rolled. Even the glove on the catalogue shows the same shoddy construction. Bought an Everlast T from them and it was an obvious knock off. The tag fell off and it was far lighter weight than any other Everlast T I have owned. As much as I (used to) like Ringside? Go Rival or Title.
What's your budget? That will be a big. If money isn't a factor, Grant (Professional, not their Campeon line), Reyes, Winning are best. But for cheaper brands, I hightly reccomend Rival. I've got a bunch of their stuff and it's all top quality. Everlasts's more expensive stuff is pretty good (the stuff they sell at walmart is crap). Title, Ringside, Fighting Sports and other brands I don't have any experience with. I've heard nothing but good things about the Triumph United Japanese Heeatseeker gloves, but never used them mysel.
Lonsdale elite molded foam sparring gloves. Steer clear of Reyes for sparring unless you wish to be hated lol. Nothing everlast. Fighting Sports is good, Ringside IMF tech are good and known to be really durable. Grant or winnings if you got the cash.
I agree with you about the ringside quality. They must have given into the cost savings of outsources a product from a legitimate well established vendor to a new cheaper source.
A boxer needs to have both velcro and lace up boxing gloves. If you can only have one pair I strongly recommend the velcro type since you don't always need someone to lace it up for you. Typically or generally speaking there are two different types of velcro gloves. One with a velcro strap only and the other with a velcro strap along with a velcro cover. If you only can afford having one pair of gloves I would go with the velcro strap along with a velcro cover since it will cover the velcro strap for sparring purposes. Its also good to have if you do a lot of inside fighting or performing a lot of uppercuts. This is because that strap has a rugged side that can easily rub against you or your opponents face. This is really is an upplesant experience. Since I have both lace up and velcro I prefer just having the velcro strap type of glove. This allows me to easily put on the gloves during my 30 second breaks. The guys with lace gloves have to find someone to lace them up and it always takes longer to get setup. People that like to stall during there breaks or take longer breaks I recommend buying the lace up gloves. As far as brand type its really upto you on what brand you like. Each brand is a little different. I have a feeling many people buy gloves just for the name it has on it. I always recommend trying other peoples gloves to try them out first before making a purchase. People trying to find information from the internet based on review is good. Keep in mind, I consider picking out gloves on the internet to be exactly same situation when finding a women on the internet. You can pick her out on the internet. You can see a beautiful picture of her face. The picture was probably the best picture she has ever taken which conventionly cuts her body off. If you were able to meet her in person you would probably would think twice about sending her a love letter.
Bunch of guys I know also had issues with ringside gloves recently. For some reason the foam started clumping up. They all had to return them for replacements, although I didn't get to hear how the replacements turn out.