Boxing Accessories

Kinds of boxing gloves

We’re going to describe the different kinds of boxing gloves and the advantages/disadvantages of each.
There are many different brands, styles, and materials of boxing gloves on the market today, across a wide range of prices.

FITNESS GLOVES
Fitness gloves come in a variety of weights ranging from 12-16 ounces. They do not provide the construction quality and materials of the other gloves and that is because they are designed for "light" use. These are the types of gloves that you’ll see people using in a kick-boxing aerobic class for example or fit-boxing. They are meant to provide some resistance for shadow boxing, and light bag work. Most fitness gloves are only available in velcro closure style, which means they don’t lace up. This makes for ease of putting them on by the user alone.
Generally they are inexpensive and easy to put on, but they offer poor protection and the materials used to build it are of low quality.

BAG GLOVES
Bag gloves come in a wide variety of styles and constructions. They generally have velcro closures, although some of the higher quality versions are lace up. Most of the lower priced bag gloves do not have much wrist support, or wrist padding. Lower end models usually have a soft, detatched thumb and lower lifespan from vinyl or low end coverings, while some of the higher end gloves have a protected attached thumb and synthetic leather or real leather for long life. Bag gloves come in weights ranging from 10-18 ounces. They are not suitable for any sparring or competition work, merely bag work, hence the name.
The advantages are longevity and protection with higher end models.
The disadvantages are no sparring and some lower end models have no padded thumb/wrist/poor wrist support.

SPARRING GLOVES
The next kind is sparring glove. These gloves are used for bag training, and sparring. They are usually in the 14-18 ounce range and generally have better hand protection than the previous types. Many of the quality training gloves of today have molded or injected foam layers of protection over the knuckles and hand, have padded wrist section, and provide great stability and protection overall. These gloves come in lace up versions mainly, but some are also offered in velcro closure. These provide great durability and don’t break down as quickly as a competition style glove.
They offer great protection, durability  and versatility but they are more expensive. Can’t be used in sanctioned events.

COMPETITION GLOVES
The last kind of glove is the competition glove. There are two type, amateur competition gloves and professional competition gloves. You can tell which gloves are the amateur ones because they have a white section covering the front of the gloves and knuckles. These are used to help with scoring an amateur bout, and they are sometimes a heavier weight than a pro glove to provide more protection for the boxers. The amateur gloves come in weights from 10-12 ounce. The pro gloves provide outstanding hand protection and quality construction and come in weights of 8-12 ounces. The only real downside to a competition style glove, is that they are designed to hold shape for a number of bouts. They may break down a little quicker than a training or bag glove, because they are designed for a specific purpose, and that purpose is not grinding it out on your bag work. They are also usually more expensive than the others.
The completion gloves offer great protection, superior craftmanship, allowed for competition amateur and pro.
They are more expensive and they have low lifespan.