Best gloves for sparring?

First thing you have to do is forget about thinking how to hurt the person across from you. And for sparring get gloves that will firstly protect your hands. And it doesn't hurt to have good padding that also protects your partners. Believe me when I say, that is the wrong attitude to have and will only lead to you catching beat downs.

Anyway, Winning ARE awesome. Just really pricey. But if you can afford it, definitely. I have these Rivals below and are the best gloves I've ever used. Great hand protection. Lots of padding for partners faces. Great wrist support. Also, you don't want lace up, too much on and off hassle.

http://www.rivalboxing.com/en/boxing-equipment/c378109105/c378109079/p17531533.html

 

Winnings are the best for hand protection, simply put. But consequently, you won't be hurting people as badly due to the padding. That's alright though, because once you learn to place your shots you'll still be able to hurt people if need be. If you've got the money (over 200 bucks) then go with winnings. Also, they're a bit on the bulky side, which is great for sparring because you can cover up a lot better than with smaller gloves.

 

I spar with these are really like the fit and feel.

http://www.lemarr.com/boxing/product/ultimatepro-mkii-gloves-velcro-1/

 

Reyes gloves are bad for sparring. the compactness results in more injury than bigger sparring gloves.

Tbh if you can't hurt someone through a pair of winning you obviously don't hit very hard, so you'll want to focus on movement and speed anyway.

Also, using smaller gloves to help 'slip a punch through someone's guard' won't make you a better boxer, you'll have the same sized gloves as your opponent in a bout so the equipment based advantage will suddenly disappear.

 

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I'm just gonna let you know that in my gym, guys who show up in sparring with hard gloves, or sneak a pair of 12/14oz when everyone else is in 16's generally get beatdowns. It doesn't help you learn, it just helps you rely on a power advantage you don't actually have.

These same guys also tend to do better in sparring then they do in actual bouts for that reason.

Tbh, you don't train with me so I'm not gonna keep on about it, I'm just letting you in on a bit of etiquette. Personally, I'd carry on using the gym's gloves until I had enough for my own pair of Rival or Winning.

 

In my gym we wouldn't be allowed to spar with Reyes. I'm telling you, you can hurt the other guy with a goddamn sockem bopper on your hand if need be. The more padding for sparring the better. This comes from a guy who wears thickass sparring gloves and wraps sponges into his wraps. And I still manage to keep guys honest, even when they outweigh me by 50 pounds.

With Reyes, you're just asking for a hand injury when you whack someone on top of the head someday. Also, your sparring partners will really put it on you. And Reyes aren't cheap either...

 

If your from the UK then you cant go wrong with Lonsdale Safe Spar gloves, really comfy man.

 

They'll be fine for your hands.

 

Aren't Reyes pretty pricey anyway? I'm seeing like £110-125 for a pair of Reyes 16oz sparring gloves.

PS what "Onepunch" said is so true. Seen so many sparring sessions escalate into brawls when one guy is wearing 12's and every shot he lands is hurting the other guy, so the guy in 16's starts throwing bombs.

 

thats all we are allowed to use in my gym mate,great gloves and dont let you punish your opponent