The Ultimate Guide To Boxing Gloves (Updated 2022)

The Ultimate Guide To Boxing Gloves

Welcome to the Fight Quality Ultimate Guide to Boxing Gloves, updated for 2022.

When we originally wrote the first version of our Ultimate Guide back in 2016 we wanted to bring you the absolute best resource for everything you could possibly want to know about boxing gloves. Since then the guide has undergone several updates, reflecting the changes in the industry, technology and brands.

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FQ’s Favourites From The Hayabusa ‘Back to Class’ Sale

FQ’s Favourites From The Hayabusa ‘Back to Class’ Sale

Martial arts and veterans tend to share a common ground; a number of big names in MMA are ex-military, including Brian Stan, Martin Stapleton, Paul Daley, Randy Couture and of course Tim Kennedy, who’s still serving his country. It doesn’t just stop with professionals though – a lot of veterans find that the discipline, comradery and physical challenge of martial arts training helps them with transitioning from military to civilian life. Liz Carmouche, who served three tours in Iraq as a Marine Corps helicopter mechanic, has said in interviews that without her MMA training she would have struggled a lot more when she left the military, and may not have become the person she is today.

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Avoiding Hand Pains and Injury When Wearing Boxing Gloves

Avoiding Hand Pains and Injury When Wearing Boxing Gloves

In sports which rely on using your body as a weapon, it’s understandable that you’re putting yourself at risk of all sorts of aches, pains and injuries. Knuckle, finger and wrist pains are especially common amongst beginners. Quite often these are caused by the same few issues, meaning a lot of the time there are steps which can be taken to get rid of the pains all together.

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What does the ‘oz’ mean on Boxing Gloves? Glove Sizes Explained

What does the 'oz' mean on Boxing Gloves? Glove Sizes Explained

If you’ve just started looking for a pair of boxing gloves you’ll spot that boxing gloves aren’t measured in size, but in weight. It’s easy to be pretty clueless as to what to buy, but we’re here to break it down.

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How To Take Care Of Your Mouthguard

How To Take Care Of Your Mouthguard

Here at Fight Quality we know that your gear only takes care of you if you take care of it. One of the most important pieces of protective equipment in your bag (except maybe your groin guard) is your mouthguard – we’ve reviewed quite a few of them. You’ve got to take care of your pearly whites because there’s a distinct difference between a tough, rugged fighter and a tough, toothless fighter.

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How to Properly Break in Boxing Gloves

How to Properly Break in Boxing Gloves

You’ve just got yourself a brand new pair of gloves, they smell like new leather, the inner lining is soft against your skin. You put them on, and they’re a bit tight even without hand wraps. You take them to your next training session, you’re buzzing to use them and you start hammering the heavy bag and slamming into the pads. And before too long your knuckles hurt, your fingers are numb and you’re regretting the enthusiasm. It’s not a problem with the gloves, it’s because they’re new.

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The Ultimate Guide To Boxing Gloves (Updated 2018)

The Ultimate Guide To Boxing Gloves (Updated 2018)

We’ve since released an updated version of this article, with updated information and new additions. 

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Welcome to the Fight Quality ultimate guide to everything you need to know about boxing gloves, updated for 2018. This guide aims to be the only resource you’ll ever need when it comes to boxing gloves. We’ve broken down just about everything you need to know, from the specialisations of the different styles of glove, to the different brands available.

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Best Reviews and Articles of 2016

Best Reviews and Articles of 2016

Here at Fight Quality we’ve had a brilliant year, releasing a shed-load of reviews, plenty of interesting posts, interviews, guides and even a few competitions!

We release content several times a week, so we decided we’d round up and present to you some of the best content released over the last year!

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Why The Quality Of Your Fight Gear Matters

Why the quality of your fight gear matters

There are a lot of people out there who go out and buy the cheapest gear they can find when they first take up boxing, MMA or any other combat sport. While sometimes this is down to circumstance, using the wrong gear can actually have a huge negative impact on your actual training.

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The Best MMA Gloves – According to UK Fighters

The Best MMA Gloves - According to UK Fighters

MMA gloves are one of the most important items of equipment for MMA. MMA fighters use a small light weight glove which offers less protection than boxing gloves, but allows you to use the hands for grappling as well.

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