Modern boxers are a far cry from their ancient opposites. Back in ancient times, the practice of fist fighting was a brutal and completely merciless form of combat. It was never a competition. The conditions for victory included death of one or both fighters. In the truest sense of the term, the antique form of boxing was a dog eat dog contest. With hands designated to do the talking, the modern boxing gloves’ predecessors were unforgiving both in form and in purpose. While today’s professional boxing gloves may be deemed tools of brutality, they pale in comparison to the designs and trimmi ..read more

Bare-knuckle boxing may bring images of shirtless, mustachioed men beating each other to a pulp during the dawn of the 20th century. Since those days blood sports such as MMA and boxing have tried to make things safer. One of the obvious ways in which this is purportedly done is by providing gloves and tape on a fighter’s hand. It allegedly adds padding for both the victim of a punch and for the person who is throwing it. Is this safer, though According to Rogan, MMA gloves, which are much smaller than boxing gloves and look more like fingerless gloves, don’t allow fighters to pummel opp ..read more

SPARTANBURG – When Elijah Holyfield first saw the boxing gloves and first-year running backs coach Jake Peetz said he might need some help getting them on, the son of the former heavyweight champion of the world couldn’t help but be a little amused. “I just laughed at him,” Holyfield said. When the guy coaching a rookie named Holyfield puts on boxing gloves, that’s going to attract some attention. “I suppose people could look at it and say, ‘Oh, that’s a fun way to spice it up.’ And maybe it is. But notice I didn’t put them on Elijah,” Peetz joked after practice. “There’s a defined re ..read more

After 22 months out of the ring because of injuries, Keith Thurman fought again in January and came away with a victory against Josesito Lopez. File/Frank Franklin, APKeith Thurman was once considered an elite fighter in the welterweight division, but as soon as he successfully defended his world championship in March 2017 he was never the same. Surgery to his right elbow then an injury to his left hand eventually forced Thurman to relinquishthe World Boxing Council 147-pound title. The layoff lasted until January this year, when Thurman put the World Boxing Association belt — the only w ..read more

In boxing, separate divisions relating to weight limits are kept in order to ensure that both fighters are playing at an even field. A huge weight difference between the boxers can lead to a big gap in their reach and power. In recent years, it’s become quite common to see boxers lose weight to fight in a specific weight class and then quickly gain back the weight on the day of the match giving them an advantage. Many boxing fans are left wondering how these boxers are able to gain weight so drastically after their weigh-ins. It’s a very excruciating process and requires diligence and di ..read more

It wasn’t supposed to end this way, because it’s never supposed to end this way. What those who condemn boxing on moral grounds are apt to misunderstand is the fact that boxing isn’t designed to maim and kill. It’s there to showcase competition in it’s purest form, fight elevated and refined to the level of sport. The reality of it’s violent nature doesn’t take away, or cancel out, boxing’s ultimate positive aspect, which is the celebration of individual achievement. Yet there’s no looking away from that violent nature, either, or the brutality that comes with it. When terrible things happen ..read more

Boxing gloves are cushioned gloves that fighters wear on their hands during boxing matches and practices. Unlike the ancient cestus which were designed as a weapon, modern boxing gloves are designed to protect the fighter’s hand during a bout, though competitions, sparring and other forms of training have their own specialized gloves. Ancient Middle-Eastern and Egyptian depictions of boxing circa 2000 BC showed contests where fighters had a band supporting the wrist. Early depictions of gloves in boxing date back to Minoan Crete circa1500 BC.[1] The use of hand protection in fighting conte ..read more

Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr looks set to take place in New York in November or Cardiff in December. Joshua, 29, lost his IBF, WBA and WBO world titles to Ruiz in New York on 1 June and invoked his contractual right to a rematch. Dates have been fixed at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on 14 December or a return to Madison Square Garden on 29 November. A west coast city in the US has also made a late offer to stage the contest. Two other unnamed countries have also bid for the fight. Joshua’s team were keen to finalise a date for the bout last week but the offers fr ..read more

Boxing has turned out to be increasingly famous with ladies, both to remain fit just as for the challenge. With all the power and stress boxing puts on hands and wrists, it’s essential to have legitimate fitting gloves. It is actuality that ladies’ hands and wrists are littler and smaller than men, with progressively thin wrists. So even with as far as anyone knows ‘unisex’ glove structures, ladies fighters may discover the gloves sick fitting. See our best Women’s Boxing Gloves single out Amazon Basically slapping pink hued calfskin on a current glove configuration doesn’t make it a l ..read more

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