Boxing Glove advice

columok

Until now I've always thought that for sparring 16oz boxing gloves were the way to go. I'm 90kg+ so I defo need that much padding. At the recent dublin MMA meet Mark Leonard was showing me his gloves which are 20oz. I'm just interested in people's opinions of what weight gloves I should use, what brand, where I can get them and how much they cost?

Also with something like a 20oz glove how much are you still putting into each punch?

Killme00

I always wear 20oz gloves at Training. They wear you down alot more quicky but will increase your guard and your speed when you go back to sparring with regular 12oz gloves.

FiannaGym.com

Where ever possible you should wear the lightest gloves. Light gloves are used (bag gloves) as much as possible because they are light and therefore develop faster, more explosive motions. Rather than stronger weight bearing motions.

Any fighter who was big always prefered heavier gloves because they fascilitated a KO better.

I don't think you ever need 16oz of "protection" as your just hitting with more weight, the real protection is in the size of the glove and you being able to hide behind it. Unless of course you need to protect your hand, which tap/wraps should be doing.

For me, 12oz are best. If I am knocking people out with them or giving people black eyes its because I'm a wreckless idiot, not because of the weight of my glove.

Peace

columok

Thats mad Fianna. What you're saying makes a lot of sense and it's similar to an argument I heard Mark L make against 16oz vale tudo gloves (for practising ground n pound).

CLARIFICATION: I was intending to use the extra few ounces to protect my sparring partner not to hide behind or to pad my hands. If I'm doing pad work I tend to use MMA gloves and handwraps.

Millionaire

I used 16oz for years in sparring in kickboxing. found them good, and safe enough to partner (though accidents can happen when do heavier contact sparring, which should be done on occassion). The only down side is its a bit easier to protect your head, so when you go to 10oz, you might find your guard is a little lower that it should be.

I also used 10oz exclusive for a few years before (coach was a bit irresponsible), and sparring was usually quite heavy, and the 10ozer caused much more injury, cuts, and dazes, which is not good on week in week out basis.

I would mix the 2 types from time to time to get a different angle on training, on sometimes with head gear and sometimes not , depending on contact level etc.

Of course I cannot talk from an MMA point of view, but from kickboxing or striking only training, thats what I used to do.

Only thing with bag gloves, sure you an hit fast, but either your going to bust your training partner if contact is used (been in receiving end of this too) , or you have to hold back on the contact to avoid injury, which is not good either.

mark.leonard

Its a safety thing really, nobody means to go hard, but sometimes you connect harder than you meant to and when that happens I would much rather be hit bu a big glove than a small one. We use 20oz gloves for most of our stand up work for that reason.

columok

Where do you get em Mark? What brand are they? How much?

mark.leonard

I got a pair of Pete, but i am sure you could order them somehere on the web or in Dublin. About 50 euro they cost me.

Valmont

I wear 10oz soley because they were what I had when I started MMA but I'm only 65kg so I don't pack much of a punch. Nobody seems to mind either as most of the people I sparr with range in weight from 75kg - 95kg.

I think regardless of Glove size, safety depends on how hard or intense sparring is.

Clive

16oz are fine and much easier to get, IMO.

RealJohn

Valmont wrote:

... but I'm only 65kg so I don't pack much of a punch. Nobody seems to mind either as most of the people I sparr with range in weight from 75kg - 95kg.

See this is what I told the lads but would they listen? No.;)
So now after many years, I have a pair of 16oz gloves.

Dragan

FiannaGym.com wrote:

Where ever possible you should wear the lightest gloves. Light gloves are used (bag gloves) as much as possible because they are light and therefore develop faster, more explosive motions. Rather than stronger weight bearing motions.

As usual Pearse is pretty much spot on....a heavier glove becomes more of a muscular movement and less of a nervous system movement, so while your delts etc will be getting a great workout from a muscular endurance point of view it is not really enough to add a lot of extra "ooomp" to any punch you throw with lighter gloves.

By using lighter gloves however, you make it easier for you CNS to develop the motion of throwing the various bunches and returning to guard i.e. speed ( remember, the Central Nervous System is responsible for pretty much everything, and it consistently becoming more efficent the more you train and practice ).

I would simply state to wear the same weight that you need to compete in....this will provide the best of both worlds and get your comfortable at the glove weight....you will know exactly how slow/fast you are and how likely your shoulders are to tire and punch speed/accuracy and guard as too suffer.

FiannaGym.com wrote:

For me, 12oz are best. If I am knocking people out with them or giving people black eyes its because I'm a wreckless idiot, not because of the weight of my glove.

Bingo.

columok

Thanks Dragan. Also cheers to everyone for their input.

Gonna try Mick Dowling Sportsworld if I can out there on Saturday.

Dragan

Dude, depending on what glove weight you are looking for i might be able to help you out...i have spares in 14oz, 16oz and 10oz ( i think - the 10oz might be gone ) me and a friend know a guy that we order direct from for our kickboxing club(s).

Gloves are not brand names, but the quality is there and they fit very well.

Ger Healy

I've worked with some IABA boxing clubs and they recomend you train with 16oz+ as they fight with 10oz in comps.
As for brands I prefer Twins or Fairtex

columok

Very much interested Dragan. PM sent. Thanks Ger

columok

Dragan is providing me with a pair of gloves. Thanks mate. Case closed.