Best gloves for sparing?

colly10

I've been looking to pick up a set of 16's for sparring and will probably use them for bag work too. Just wondering if anyone would have a recommendation for gloves. I'm really looking for a glove with a natural feel that neither hurts sparring partners (eg. Cleto Rayes) or makes them feel like im hitting them with pillows.
What do people here use?

cowzerp

Adidas make some good gloves and so do reebok of late..

try pairs on and see how they feel though..

twins make nice gloves as do fairtex

joepenguin

What gloves would you recommend for hitting the pads? and are 16 oz gloves strictly for sparring?

Capital P

I use 16oz for everything except sparring, for sparring i would use 18oz fairtex gloves, i have a pair of cleto reyes but i find the fairtex gloves to be the best i've ever had, and i've had adidas, twins, lonsdale, bbe. Ringside were not bad, i would love to try on a pair of grants and the king glove from thailand is susposed to be good.

cowzerp

joepenguin wrote: »

What gloves would you recommend for hitting the pads? and are 16 oz gloves strictly for sparring?

the gloves should feel firm and snug on your hands and 10 to 12oz is best for training, 16 oz or more is made for sparring and apart from that would only be used on someone who wants to build up stamina in there arms, 10 oz will feel more natural and will get you used to using what you'll use in a fight, as a kid i remember sparring ages before fights and feeling awkward when i was.put into the proper gloves. Trained in mits as thats what the club had, foot use them, there poxy. I would not say any brand is better but in for how it feels, the reebok ones you can get in argos feel great but wont last as long as some of the deares brands. The top of the range adidas are iaba approved and are really good. The cheaper 1's are o.k but not as good.
hope that help a bit.

colly10

Capital P wrote: »

I use 16oz for everything except sparring, for sparring i would use 18oz fairtex gloves, i have a pair of cleto reyes but i find the fairtex gloves to be the best i've ever had, and i've had adidas, twins, lonsdale, bbe. Ringside were not bad, i would love to try on a pair of grants and the king glove from thailand is susposed to be good.

Do fairtex not have way too much padding around the knuckle area (I heard thats the case with all thai gloves, including them) or is the weight evenly distributed, are they comfortable and does it feel like your making a natural fist.
Are the cletos a bit hard for sparring or what is it you prefer about the fairtex?
I've heard great things about grant gloves too (except the campeon version which seem to be terrible), but people have said the grants are a bit hard on sparring partners too

Are these the fairtex one's ye have -
http://www.fairtex.com/product_info.php?info=p60_Training-Gloves-16-oz.html

Thanks

joepenguin

cowzerp wrote: »

the gloves should feel firm and snug on your hands and 10 to 12oz is best for training, 16 oz or more is made for sparring and apart from that would only be used on someone who wants to build up stamina in there arms, 10 oz will feel more natural and will get you used to using what you'll use in a fight, as a kid i remember sparring ages before fights and feeling awkward when i was.put into the proper gloves. Trained in mits as thats what the club had, foot use them, there poxy. I would not say any brand is better but in for how it feels, the reebok ones you can get in argos feel great but wont last as long as some of the deares brands. The top of the range adidas are iaba approved and are really good. The cheaper 1's are o.k but not as good.
hope that help a bit.

Yeah, cheers for that.

So basically:

Pads and bag = 10/12 oz

Sparring = 16oz+

usually no gloves for speedball and 10-12oz for the floor to ceiling speedball?

Oh and as regards bag gloves/mitts. For lads that dont compete and just down training, what are the pros and cons of these for bags and pads.

Cheers

cowzerp

i dont see any positives on mits apart from possibly been cheaper, and you could use them on the bag so that you save your good gloves. Also year gloves on the speed ball too..

colly10

cowzerp wrote: »

i dont see any positives on mits apart from possibly been cheaper, and you could use them on the bag so that you save your good gloves. Also year gloves on the speed ball too..

+1 - Wear 16's or something on the bag, more beneficial than mits