RIVAL Boxing Gloves - RS100 Professional Sparring Gloves - Choice of Colours

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Once you hurt your hands, they’re prone to getting hurt again. You may feel hand pain or hand weakness in everything else that you do in life. King Professional – old brand that was known making the best pads, mitts and gloves. Easily distinguishable by their longer/curved outer cuff. Unfortunately, I tried a recent model and they’re total crap. Honestly, they feel like toys; not made for serious use at all. Their synthetic leather is awful, your hand starts sweating within seconds of putting them into the glove. Read my review (coming soon).

I don’t recommend anybody to buy these gloves; they are here for educational purposes and as a price reference.

Lonsdale also sells many of the same sports/clothing items as Everlast. Like almost exactly identical. In case you’ve wondered, both companies are now owned by the same company in UK, called “Sports Direct”. Originally, Everlast was started in New York 1910, Lonsdale in London 1960.

Boxing gloves nowadays are filled with either foam, gel, horsehair or even a special blend of foam/horsehair. Training gloves use foam (or sometimes gel), pro fight gloves use horsehair or blend. Each come with their advantages and disadvantages. Just know that foam is the standard and even within that distinction, there are many different types of foam out there. Aside from some quality control complaints about stitching, I’ve also heard that the fancy colors rub off and also that velcro comes off easily (really annoying!). The good thing though is that I hear the padding holds up well. Between you and I, this probably means the padding is stiff. Here’s an insightful forum comment on the decline of Everlast quality over the years: Everlast and Title , same company or no?I think you should always get a second opinion. Boxing (or fighting) is a serious sport and can permanently injure your hands no matter how good your gloves are, or how perfect your technique. There is also a good chance that the model you’re seeing may not be the same model I or others have reviewed. Only intended as a bag glove, NOTfor sparring, but very high quality. (I recommend size LARGE or XL.)