Buying the correct equipment

Fit-Box, our boxing equipment brand will have everything you need to start with. Look at the starter kits that are on offer.

What you need to keep in mind is that the equipment is different to each fighters needs. If you are starting up a good way to go would be to buy a 4ft punch bag, a 2ft folding bracket and a pear of mitts. At least then you can start practicing because a punch bag takes a lot of stamina and will drain you of energy.

Should I be buying for the club or buying for home?

In order to prevent injury coaches are always encourageing their fighters about protection for yourself while you box. If you go to a gym, you won’t have to buy the actual equipment and you are likely to find some gloves and headgear there. However when training at home you need to start considering that what gear you are going to buy and if it is quality gear. You are best to buy some gear before you go to a club or before you start at home and look for some gloves, hand wraps, mouthpieces, headgear and some boxing shoes. Its ultimaylet your best interested and long term investment because let’s face it – no one wants to use second hand equipment down at a club especially directly after someone has finished training.

Deciding on the right type of boxing glove

The most popular product and essential product however for any boxer is the boxing glove. Now there are a few differences between gloves and mitts. The first and most essential thing to note when thinking about boxing gloves is your target and your aim, they are the same thing. A boxing mitt is designed for a punch bag and speed ball – and only such. It’s not designed for being in boats or spars and will probably result in injury for your wrists and by having a weak guard and resulting in you loosing the fight. Remember – different gloves and for different purposes.

There is no real way to say “This is the correct glove for my boxing” or “This is the glove I need” If you’re a professional for example you need to be considering weight, size and restrictions for your equipment to be legal so there are fitting procedures and restrictions in place once you have found your glove.

Let’s look in the simplest terms the different types of the most common gloves, what they are used for and their differences.

• - Professional – Pro fighting gloves are for the ring. They are lighter than a training pair of gloves and designed to provide more protection and more weight for speed.
• - Amateur – Competition gloves which are common to have white branding and white paint over them to show when a punch is cleanly executed.
• - Bag gloves – These are designed off training on heavy bags, double-end bags and specialist bags
• - Mitts and Specialist – Boxing gloves which are for speed bags, they are normally very small and light and allow for complete movement when hitting the speed bag. Hand wraps can be used in place of the bag gloves.

Prior to buying your glove you need to direct your thoughts to on how you’re going to use your gloves. You can do this by matching the points above with the advantages and purposes on why you want you want your own gloves. Your boxing gloves will make an absolute different between your training and your fighting.

Which gloves are the best then?

It starts with appearance first in all honesty and then you get your hands inside the gloves and find that such and such are the best feeling for your hands and then you shadow box in front of your mirror and you begin to see yourself fighting and using the gloves. Some gloves even have weight advantages and power advantages by being small and compact and designed especially for using the wrist for power rather than the hand. It’s all down to personal choice and experience.