There are a wide variety of gloves available to boxers today and that’s a real problem. Why? Well, because I don’t think there is a definitive answer to what glove a beginner should buy. You could go all out and spend several hundred dollars a glove for a premium brand like Winning. This would offer…
Winning is undoubtedly among the best glove manufacturers. They are a pillar of the boxing glove world and essentially are the gold standard for boxing gloves. But are they worth the price? Winning gloves typically cost between $300-400 and can even go much higher which is incredibly expensive for a pair of boxing gloves. But…
A common misconception about boxing is that gloves were introduced to protect the fighters’ heads. However, the actual reason why gloves were introduced was to protect the fighters’ hands. Bare-knuckle boxing often resulted in fractures and breaks of the hands and wrists. Eventually, in 1867, the Marquess of Queensbury Rules introduced a rule stating that…